Fatal congenital Neospora caninum infection in a lamb

J Parasitol. 1990 Feb;76(1):127-30.

Abstract

Neospora caninum tissue cysts were found in the brain and spinal cord of a 1-wk-old lamb that was unable to stand after birth. The lamb was originally diagnosed as having toxoplasmosis, but ultrastructural and immunohistochemical techniques used in the present study permitted a definitive diagnosis of Neospora caninum tissue cysts in the brain and spinal cord of this lamb. This is the first report of N. caninum in sheep.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / parasitology
  • Eukaryota / isolation & purification*
  • Eukaryota / ultrastructure
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Protozoan Infections / congenital
  • Protozoan Infections / diagnosis
  • Protozoan Infections, Animal*
  • Sheep
  • Sheep Diseases / congenital*
  • Sheep Diseases / diagnosis
  • Spinal Cord / parasitology