VERTICAL TRANSMISSION OF NEOSPORA-CANINUM IN DOGS

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作者
COLE, RA [1 ]
LINDSAY, DS [1 ]
BLAGBURN, BL [1 ]
SORJONEN, DC [1 ]
DUBEY, JP [1 ]
机构
[1] AUBURN UNIV, COLL VET MED, DEPT PATHOBIOL, AUBURN, AL 36849 USA
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10.2307/3283921
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
Herein we report the development of a canine model to examine transplacental and/or transmammary transmission of Neospora caninum. Six pregnant bitches were experimentally infected with N. caninum on day 21 of gestation. One bitch successfully delivered a litter of 3 live pups. These pups showed slight proprioception deficits, increased muscle tone, and spasticity in both pelvic limbs; however, N. caninum was neither demonstrated by bioassay in cell culture nor seen in histological sections of tissues from these pups. The remaining 5 bitches aborted. Neospora caninum was isolated from tissues of 4 of the experimentally infected bitches and pups from 2 of the miscarried litters. Experimental infections of 2 litters of 5-day-old nursing pups produced variable results. Neospora caninum was isolated from 2 of 2 inoculated pups in 1 litter and 3 of 6 inoculated pups in the second litter.
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