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Neosporosis in Small Ruminants

  • Open or CloseGustavo Puglia Machado*

    Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Brazil

    *Corresponding author: Gustavo Puglia Machado, Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Brazil

Submission: November 05, 2019;Published: November 12, 2019

DOI: 10.31031/APDV.2019.07.000654

ISSN : 2576-9162
Volume7 Issue1

Abstract

Neosporosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Neospora caninum causing reproductive problems and neurological disorders in animals. Wild and domestic canids are definitive hosts, and sheep and goats, among intermediate hosts, are one of the susceptible species. This disease causes serious economic damage to small ruminants’ industry in the world. The recommended therapy is based on allopathic drugs, with a poor prognosis. There are no vaccines available, but prophylactic measures are very efficient, mainly because they avoid environmental contamination and consequently infection of other animals.

Keywords: Neospora caninum; Protozoosis; Goat; Sheep

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