the intracellular parasite neospora caninumis prevalent in several countries and is increasingly recognized as an important cause of abortion and stillbirth in cattle. for characterizeing the tachyzoite antigens of neospora caninumin aborted cows, sera were obtained from 116 cows which were aborted in the third semester of the pregnancy period and had antibodies to neospora caninumin elisa. to ...

The closely related protozoan parasites Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum display similar life cycles, subcellular ultrastructure, invasion mechanisms, metabolic pathways, and genome organization, but differ in their host range and disease pathogenesis. Type II (γ) interferon has long been known to be the major mediator of innate and adaptive immunity to Toxoplasma infection, but genome-wi...

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Neospora caninum is an intracellular parasite which causes abortion in cattle worldwide. This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted during 2009 to investigate the sero-prevalence of Neospora Caninum infection among Cattle from three climate zones of Iran. Female animals that had abortion history were sampled. Totally, 226 serum samples were collected from cattle herds living in Ardeb...

The intracellular parasite Neospora caninumis prevalent in several countries and is increasingly recognized as an important cause of abortion and stillbirth in cattle. For characterizeing the tachyzoite antigens of Neospora caninumin aborted cows, sera were obtained from 116 cows which were aborted in the third semester of the pregnancy period and had antibodies to Neospora caninumin ELISA. To ...

This study aimed to determine the prevalence and reproductive impact of Neospora caninum in a herd of semi-free-ranging Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus) at a conservation facility, following a suspected abortion storm in 2008. Serum samples (n=103) collected from 60 individuals between 2002 and 2011 were evaluated using competitive ELISA for the detection of N. caninum-specific antibodi...

Flourescent antibody test (FAT) was applied to determine the cross-reactivities of monoclonal (mAb), polyclonal (pAb) antibodies to Neospora, Toxoplasma and Cryptosporidium and antisera from cattle naturally infected with Neospora canium against antigens from a number of sources. Both mAb and pAb to Neospora reacted strongly (FAT titre up to 2560) with the homologous antigens and demonstrated w...