Description

Neospora caninum is a coccidian parasite that was identified as a species in 1988. Prior to this, it was misclassified as Toxoplasma gondii due to structural similarities. Neospora caninum is an important cause of spontaneous abortion in infected livestock.

Neospora caninum has a heteroxenous life cycle, with the reproductive stage occurring in the intestine of the definitive host, which is the dog. Other carnivores, for example, the fox], may also be definitive hosts. Oocysts passed in the feces of the definitive host are ingested by an intermediate host, for example, cattle, and form tissue cysts. Transplacental transmission, that is passage from mother to offspring during pregnancy, has been shown to occur in dogs, cats, sheep and cattle. Neospora caninum does not appear to be infectious to humans. In dogs, Neospora caninum can cause neurological signs, especially in congenitally infected puppies, where it can form cysts in the central nervous system. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Wikipedia

Basic Part Properties

Part Name
Neospora caninum
Part Display Name
Neospora caninum
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2000-05-04
Construct for LOINC Short Name
N caninum

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TagLanguageTranslation
zh-CNChinese (China)犬新孢子虫
fr-CAFrench (Canada)Neospora caninum
et-EEEstonian (Estonia)Neospora caninum
es-ESSpanish (Spain)Neospora caninum
it-ITItalian (Italy)Neospora caninum
tr-TRTurkish (Turkey)Neospora caninum
ru-RURussian (Russian Federation)Neospora caninum
nl-NLDutch (Netherlands)Neospora caninum
fr-BEFrench (Belgium)Neospora caninum
fr-FRFrench (France)Neospora caninum
el-GRGreek (Greece)Παράσιτο Neospora caninum
Synonyms: Παράσιτο Neospora caninum