FATAL CONGENITAL NEOSPORA-CANINUM INFECTION IN A LAMB

被引:101
作者
DUBEY, JP
HARTLEY, WJ
LINDSAY, DS
TOPPER, MJ
机构
[1] USA,MED RES INST INFECT DIS,DIV PATHOL,FREDERICK,MD 21701
[2] TARONGA ZOO,MOSMAN,NSW 2088,AUSTRALIA
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D O I
10.2307/3282640
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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
Neospora caninum tissue cysts were found in the brain and spinal cord of a 1-wk-old lamb that was unable to stand after birth. The lamb was originally diagnosed as having toxoplasmosis, but ultrastructural and immunohistochemical techniques used in the present study permitted a definitive diagnosis of Neospora caninum tissue cysts in the brain and spinal cord of this lamb. This is the first report of N. caninum in sheep.
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