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Neospora caninum (Apicomplexa) in an Aborted Equine Fetus
Bettye B. Richardson, Peggy S. Stanfill
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Abstract
Tachyzoites of Neospora caninum were is the first report of N. caninum in a horse and indicates found in sections of lung of an equine fetus aborted 2 that N. caninum can be transmitted transplacentally in mo before term. Individual tachyzoites were approx- equids. imately 3-5 x 2-3 Am, divided by endodyogeny, and stained positively with anti-N. caninum serum but not with anti-Toxoplasma gondii serum. Toxoplasma gon- Neospora caninum is a recently described api- dii antibody was not found in the mare's serum. This complexan parasite previously misdiagnosed as ABSTRACT: Tachyzoites of Neospora caninum were is the first report of N. caninum in a horse and indicates found in sections of lung of an equine fetus aborted 2 that N. caninum can be transmitted transplacentally in mo before term. Individual tachyzoites were approx- equids. imately 3-5 x 2-3 Am, divided by endodyogeny, and stained positively with anti-N. caninum serum but not with anti-Toxoplasma gondii serum. Toxoplasma gon- Neospora caninum is a recently described api- dii antibody was not found in the mare's serum. This complexan parasite previously misdiagnosed as