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Dogs Confirmed as Neospora caninum Hosts by Franco Fabricio Carpio is a document available to read on EtoBox.
1) Dogs were investigated to determine if they are a definitive host of Neospora caninum, a protozoan parasite that infects various animals. 2) Four dogs were fed N. caninum tissue cysts from infected mice, while two control dogs received uninfected mouse tissue. Three of the challenged dogs shed unsporulated oocysts in their feces, which sporulated within two days. 3) Mice inoculated with fecal extracts from the oocyst-shedding dogs developed neosporosis when examined by various diagnostic methods, pro
- Author
- Franco Fabricio Carpio
- Language
- EN