BOVINE NEOSPOROSIS: FROM LIFE CYCLE TO PROPHYLAXIS

作者：Pitel Pierre Hugues^*; Legrand Loic; Pronost Stephane; Maillard Karine; Marcillaud Pitel Christel; Richard Eric; Fortier Guillaume

来源：Bulletin de l'Academie Veterinaire de France, 2010, 163(2): 131-142.

• Neospora caninum
• cattle
• symptoms
• parasite life cycle
• treatment

Neospora caninum is an apicomplexan parasite, identified about twenty years ago. Although it can cause neurological symptoms in newborn cattle, its main economic and health repercussion in breeding is due to abortions. The life cycle of N. caninum is not yet fully understood. Its currently identified final hosts are dogs and coyotes, but foxes are also strongly suspected. To be effective, treatment and prophylaxis must be based on sound knowledge of the life cycle and pathophysiology of this protozoosis. There is no treatment currently available. Many vaccine studies are being performed using various strategies, but only disease control methods are possible for the moment, alongside the crucial advisory role of veterinary practitioners.

• 出版日期2010-6