ABSTRACT

Key features:

  • Written by the scientist who named this parasite and was the first to set up proper diagnostic techniques
  • Serves as the first ever book to provide information on the parasite structure, biology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, epidemiology, prevention, and control of neosporosis
  • Covers both approaches toward preventing & controlling this disease: Developing an efficacious vaccine and sound cattle management practices
  • Contains a wealth of illustrations, including many of the author's original photographs of the parasite
  • Provides basic information on immunologic and molecular aspects of the disease
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    Abortion is a worldwide problem in the livestock industry accounting for annual economic losses of billions of dollars, and N. caninum is a major cause of it. Neosporosis is a newly recognized disease of animals. Until 1988 it was misdiagnosed as toxoplasmosis. Considerable progress in understanding the biology of neosporosis has been made in the last 30 years, resulting in more than 2,000 scientific publications. The economic importance of abortion in cattle, and the availability of knowledge, reagents, and technology used to study toxoplasmosis, have contributed to the rapid progress in understanding the biology of neosporosis.

    Written by pioneers in this field, Neosporosis in Animals presents a comprehensive summary of the biology of neosporosis, starting with chapter 1 on the historical background of the discovery of the disease. Subsequent chapters deal with general aspects of the biology of N. caninum (chapter 2), techniques (chapter 3), and the disease caused by this parasite in cattle (chapter 4), dogs (chapter 5), and all other animals including sheep, pigs, primates and humans (chapters 6-18).

     

    This book provides, for the first time in a single authoritative source, a complete account of the structure, biology, clinical disease, diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment, attempts at immunoprophylaxis, and control in all hosts. There are 175 illustrations and tables devoted to the life cycle, structure of parasitic stages, and lesions. More than 2100 references are cited, allowing the reader to locate additional information on specific topics in an efficient way. This book will be useful to a broad range of researchers in biology and veterinarians.

    chapter Chapter 1|6 pages

    History of Neospora and Neosporosis

    chapter Chapter 2|108 pages

    General Biology

    chapter Chapter 3|18 pages

    Techniques

    chapter Chapter 4|128 pages

    Neosporosis in Cattle

    chapter Chapter 5|56 pages

    Neosporosis in Dogs

    chapter Chapter 6|12 pages

    Neosporosis in Sheep

    chapter Chapter 7|8 pages

    Neosporosis in Goats

    chapter Chapter 8|6 pages

    Neosporosis in Water Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

    chapter Chapter 9|4 pages

    Neosporosis in Pigs

    chapter Chapter 10|4 pages

    Neosporosis in Camels and South American Camelids

    chapter Chapter 11|6 pages

    Neosporosis in Felids

    chapter Chapter 12|6 pages

    Neosporosis in Avian Species

    chapter Chapter 13|2 pages

    Neosporosis in Humans and Primates

    chapter Chapter 14|14 pages

    Neosporosis in Cervids and Other Wild Herbivores

    chapter Chapter 15|2 pages

    Neosporosis in White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)

    chapter Chapter 16|12 pages

    Neosporosis in Wild Canids and Other Carnivores

    chapter Chapter 17|4 pages

    Neosporosis in Miscellaneous Animals

    chapter Chapter 18|14 pages

    N. hughesi and Neosporosis in Horses and Other Equids