title: Neospora caninum infected the alimentary tract of nude mice and was transmitted to other mice by intraperitoneal inoculation with the intestinal contents.
abstract: Neospora caninum (BT-2 strain) that originated from the brain of a Holstein calf was serially passaged through 10 generations of BALB/c nude mice by intraperitoneal inoculation. Histological examination of the mice revealed that numerous clusters of tachyzoites appeared in the pancreas, stomach and small intestine as well as in the central nervous system (CNS) and skeletal muscles. Intestinal contents of the infected mice were inoculated intraperitoneally into uninfected nude mice and 3 of the 17 inoculated mice showed clinical signs at post inoculation days 3 to 10. The present experiments demonstrated a proliferation of N. caninum tachyzoites in the mucosa of the alimentary tract and pancreas of the nude mice and the intestinal contents of the mice were infective to other nude mice.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Comparative Pathology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ochiai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Umemura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal / Q000662:veterinary; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000469:parasitology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D018688:Neospora / Q000254:growth & development*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000469:parasitology; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000662:veterinary; D013270:Stomach / Q000469:parasitology