title: Canine cutaneous neosporosis in Brazil.
abstract: The clinical signs of infection in dogs with Neospora caninum are usually associated with neurological disorders and are seen in young dogs. In this brief case report we observed multifocal ulcerative and exudative skin nodules on the neck and pelvic limbs of a 10-year-old cocker spaniel dog. Infection with N. caninum was diagnosed on the basis of cytology and examination of skin tissues by PCR. The dog initially responded to treatment with clindamycin and then relapsed; the dog died. Infection with N. caninum may have been due in part to immune suppression due to hyperadrenocorticism; which either allowed for the development of a primary infection or reactivation of a latent infection by N. caninum with the occurrence of skin lesions.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Patologia Clínica, Departamento de Pequenos Animais, Hospital Veterinário Universitário, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Av. Roraima, no. 1000, Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil.|Departamento de Pequenos Animais, Hospital Veterinário Universitário, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Av. Roraima, no. 1000, Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Thais R
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7648-3075
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva (DMVP), Centro de Ciências Rurais (CCR), Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Camobi, Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gustavo C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Cadore
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva (DMVP), Centro de Ciências Rurais (CCR), Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Camobi, Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Giovana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Camillo
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva (DMVP), Centro de Ciências Rurais (CCR), Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Camobi, Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda S F
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Pequenos Animais, Hospital Veterinário Universitário, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Av. Roraima, no. 1000, Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Claudete
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Patologia Clínica, Departamento de Pequenos Animais, Hospital Veterinário Universitário, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Av. Roraima, no. 1000, Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil.|Departamento de Pequenos Animais, Hospital Veterinário Universitário, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Av. Roraima, no. 1000, Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cinthia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Andrade