First identification of neospora caninum in Thailand
2003
Than Kyaw(Chulalongkorn Univ., Bangkok (Thailand). Faculty of Veterinary Sciences. Dept. of Obstestrics Gynaecology and Reproduction) | Prachin Virakul(Chulalongkorn Univ., Bangkok (Thailand). Faculty of Veterinary Sciences. Dept. of Obstestrics Gynaecology and Reproduction) | Manop Muangyai(Chulalongkorn Univ., Bangkok (Thailand). Faculty of Veterinary Sciences. Dept. of Pathology) | Wijit Banlunara(Chulalongkorn Univ., Bangkok (Thailand). Faculty of Veterinary Sciences. Dept. of Pathology)
Immunohistochemical examination of aborted bovine tissues, collected from two dairy farms that had a high abortion rate (7 percent), detected the organism Neospora caninum (NC). Five out of 12 aborting cows (41.7 percent) were seropositive to NC using a competitive ELISA test, Neospora-tachyzoites were detected in the placenta of a seropositive aborting cow. Neither NC parasites nor cysts were detected in other fetal tissues. The identification of the Neospora-parasite and a high percentage of Neospora seropositive aborting cows, suggested NC as the possible cause of abortion. This is the first identification of the NC parasite in Thailand.
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