Prevalence of Neospora antibodies in New Zealand dairy cattle and dogs |
| |
| Authors: | MP Reichel |
| |
| Institution: | Central Animal Health Laboratory, MAF Quality Management , P.O. Box 40063, Upper Hutt, New Zealand E-mail: reichelm@wallaceville.mqm.govt.nz |
| |
| Abstract: | Abstract Extract Neospora caninum is a major cause of disease in cattle and dogs, manifesting with abortions in cattle, and hind limb paresis in mostly young dogs (1) Dubey, JP and Lindsay, DS. 1996. A review of Neospora caninum and neosporosis. Veterinary Parasitology, 67: 1–59. Crossref], PubMed], Web of Science ®] , Google Scholar]. Previous reports from New Zealand suggest that around 30% of bovine abortions may be due to Neospora (2) Thornton, RN, Thompson, EJ and Dubey, JP. 1991. Neospora abortion in New Zealand cattle. New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 39: 129–133. Taylor &; Francis Online], Web of Science ®] , Google Scholar] (3) Thornton, R. 1992. Bovine abortions — Laboratory diagnosis 1991. Surveillance, 19: 24–24. Google Scholar] and that about 40% of recently aborted dairy cows have antibodies against Neospora (4) Reichel, MP and Drake, JM. 1996. The diagnosis of Neospora abortions in cattle. New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 44: 151–154. Taylor &; Francis Online], Web of Science ®] , Google Scholar]. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
|
|
