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| Ferreira,Maiara Sanitá Tafner; Vogel,Fernanda Silveira Flores; Sangioni,Luis Antonio; Weber,Augusto; Bräunig,Patricia; Vaz,Marcos André Braz; Cezar,Alfredo Skrebsky. |
| ABSTRACT: Neosporosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Neospora caninum which results in major economic losses for cattle breeding due to abortion and other reproductive disorders. Gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) are commonly used as experimental models for neosporosis due to their high susceptibility to N. caninum infection, both by oocysts ingestion as by tachyzoites/bradyzoites parenteral inoculation. However, the risk of transmission by tachyzoites ingestion is not fully elucidated. In this study, infection of neonate gerbils by N. caninum (NC-1 strain) tachyzoites inoculated by the oral route and the parasite distribution in gerbils' tissues were evaluated by protozoan DNA detection. Seventeen neonate gerbils, aged 4-5 days, were... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Molecular diagnosis; Experimental model; Bovine neosporosis; Rodents. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016000400654 |
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