Bovine Abortion Due to a Neospora-like Protozoan

Authors

  • Jerome Nietfeld Department of Veterinary Science, Box 2175, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007
  • Michael Yaeger Department of Veterinary Science, Box 2175, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007
  • J. P. Dubey Disease Laboratory, Livestocj and Poultry Sciences Institute, USDA, ARS, Beltsville MD 20705
  • Mark Anderson California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory system, P.O. Box 1770, University of California, Davis, CA 95617
  • Melissa Libal Department of Veterinary Science, Box 2175, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007
  • Regg Neiger Department of Veterinary Science, Box 2175, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro19926417

Keywords:

protozoan, abortion, Neospora caninum, Neospora-like protozoan

Abstract

A protozoan closely related to Neospora caninum, which until more fully characterized is usually referred to as a Neospora-like protozoan, was recently demonstrated to be the most common cause of abortion in dairy breed bovine fetuses submitted to the South Dakota Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (SDADRDL).10 The purpose of this report is to briefly review Neospora-like protozoan as a cause of bovine abortion and to discuss the cases submitted to the SDADRDL.

Cover image of the First Volume of the 25th Conference Proceedings: An earl-morning photo of farmland. A small farm is nestled among rolling hills, fields stretching across a curving road that disappears between dark green trees. The barn is a cheery red color with a tin roof. Beneath the photo is the a statement of the conference's theme in white italics: Challenges of the Bovine Industry in the Twenty-First Century. Deep red background.

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Published

1992-08-31

Issue

1992: Volume 1

Section

Entomology and Protozoology