An abortion storm in dairy cattle associated with neosporosis in southern Brazil

An abortion storm in cattle associated with neosporosis in Taiwan.

An abortion storm associated with acute neosporosis involving 18 cattle was observed in a dairy farm in Taiwan. Aborted fetus age ranged from 3 to 8 months. Of the 38 cattle in that farm examined during the abortion storm, 52.6% (20/38), 13.2% (5/38) and 10.5% (4/38) contained both IgG and IgM, only IgG and only IgM antibodies to Neospora caninum, respectively. No antibody to N. caninum was det...

Neosporosis: A Newly Recognized Cause Of Abortion In Dairy Cattle

Neosporosis in dairy cattle.

Neosporosis in cattle.

During the past decade, Neospora caninum infection has emerged as an important reproductive disease in cattle throughout the world. Abortion, occurring during the middle of gestation, is the primary clinical sign of the infection in cattle. Surveys in several countries from three continents have identified N. caninum infection as the major diagnosed cause of bovine abortion. Both endemic and ep...

Neosporosis in Cattle

Neosporosis is caused by the protozoan parasite, Neospora caninum. It is essentially responsible for abortion in cattle and various neuro-muscular conditions in dogs. Until 1988, N. caninum was confused with Toxoplasma gondii, a closely related parasite (Dubey et al. 1988a,b). In 1989, Thilsted and Dubey reported the presence of cerebral and cardiac lesions in several aborted bovine foetuses or...