BioOne.org will be down briefly for maintenance on 17 December 2024 between 18:00-22:00 Pacific Time US. We apologize for any inconvenience.
How to translate text using browser tools
1 April 2001 Naturally-Occurring Neospora caninum Infection in an Adult Sheep and Her Twin Fetuses
Y. Kobayashi, M. Yamada, Y. Omata, T. Koyama, A. Saito, T. Matsuda, K. Okuyama, S. Fujimoto, H. Furuoka, T. Matsui
Author Affiliations +
Abstract

Neospora caninum tissue cysts were found in the brains of surgically delivered twin fetuses at 119 days of gestation. In the brains of both fetuses, there was an inflammatory reaction involving perivascular cuffings of mononuclear cells, glial nodules. The dam of these fetuses died because of metritis. Histopathological examination of the ewe revealed N. caninum tissue cysts and focal gliosis with mononuclear cell cuffings. A N. caninum-specific DNA fragment was detected in a brain homogenate of the ewe by the polymerase chain reaction method. This is the first report of N. caninum infection in twin ovine fetuses and in an adult sheep.

Y. Kobayashi, M. Yamada, Y. Omata, T. Koyama, A. Saito, T. Matsuda, K. Okuyama, S. Fujimoto, H. Furuoka, and T. Matsui "Naturally-Occurring Neospora caninum Infection in an Adult Sheep and Her Twin Fetuses," Journal of Parasitology 87(2), 434-436, (1 April 2001). https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0434:NONCII]2.0.CO;2
Published: 1 April 2001
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission
Back to Top