"Neospora" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of protozoan parasites of the subclass COCCIDIA. Its species are parasitic in dogs, cattle, goats, and sheep, among others. N. caninum, a species that mainly infects dogs, is intracellular in neural and other cells of the body, multiplies by endodyogeny, has no parasitophorous vacuole, and has numerous rhoptries. It is known to cause lesions in many tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord as well as abortion in the expectant mother.
MeSH Number(s)
B01.043.075.189.250.750.550
Concept/Terms
Neospora caninum- Neospora caninum
- Neospora caninums
- caninum, Neospora
- caninums, Neospora
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Neospora" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Neospora" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Neospora" by people in Profiles.
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Seroprevalences of anti-Sarcocystis neurona and anti-Neospora hughesi antibodies among healthy equids in the United States. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2017 Jun 01; 250(11):1291-1301.
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Oocysts and high seroprevalence of Neospora caninum in dogs living in remote Aboriginal communities and wild dogs in Australia. Vet Parasitol. 2012 Jun 08; 187(1-2):85-92.
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Extensive production of Neospora caninum tissue cysts in a carnivorous marsupial succumbing to experimental neosporosis. Vet Res. 2011 Jun 02; 42:75.
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Neosporosis in an aborted southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) fetus. J Zoo Wildl Med. 2010 Dec; 41(4):725-8.
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Implications of wild dog ecology on the sylvatic and domestic life cycle of Neospora caninum in Australia. Vet J. 2011 Apr; 188(1):24-33.
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Australian dingoes are definitive hosts of Neospora caninum. Int J Parasitol. 2010 Jul; 40(8):945-50.
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Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii in black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus). Vet Parasitol. 2008 Oct 01; 156(3-4):310-3.
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A highly efficient form of the selenocysteine insertion sequence element in protozoan parasites and its use in mammalian cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 May 08; 104(19):7857-62.