Progress in the serodiagnosis of Neospora caninum infections of cattle.
Neospora caninum is an apicomplexan protozoan that has become the focus of significant research attention worldwide. This organism infects a range of host species, including dogs, from which it was originally reported in 1984, but it is most important as a major cause of bovine abortion. As a result of the global importance of N. caninum, researchers have developed a number of serological tests to investigate the epidemiology of infection and disease. In this article, Robert Atkinson, Peter Harper, Michael Reichel and John Ellis consider progress made in the serodiagnosis of N. caninum.
Atkinson
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Molecular Parasitology Unit, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Technology, Sydney, Westbourne Street, Gore Hill, NSW 2065, Australia.
Harper
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PA
Reichel
M P
MP
Ellis
J T
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D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D004285:Dogs; D018688:Neospora / Q000276:immunology; D012698:Serologic Tests
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan