title: Hydrocephalus associated with Neospora caninum infection in an aborted bovine fetus.
abstract: This paper describes Neospora caninum-associated hydrocephalus in an aborted Hereford bovine fetus of 7 months' gestational age. Numerous tachyzoites were observed in areas of the cerebrum with lesions of non-suppurative necrotizing encephalitis.
authors.affiliation: US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Livestock and Poultry Sciences Institute, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350, USA.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dubey
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abbitt
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Topper
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002417:Cattle; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000662:veterinary*; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D018688:Neospora / Q000302:isolation & purification