a review of neosporosis and pathologic findings of neospora caninum infection in wildlife：新孢子虫病和野生动物新孢子虫感染的病理结果回顾.pdfVIP

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 4 (2015) 216–238 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife journal homepage: /locate/ijppaw Invited Review A review of neosporosis and pathologic findings of Neospora caninum infection in wildlife Shannon L. Donahoe, Scott A. Lindsay, Mark Krockenberger, David Phalen, Jan Šlapeta * Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Neospora caninum is an apicomplexan parasite that is the etiologic agent of neosporosis, a devastating Received 10 March 2015 infectious disease regarded as a major cause of reproductive loss in cattle and neuromuscular disease in Revised 16 April 2015 dogs worldwide. This protozoan pathogen is maintained in the environment by a heteroxenous life cycle Accepted 17 April 2015 that involves a definitive canid host and a wide range of intermediate hosts. In recent years, a number of wildlife species have been investigated for their possible involvement in the N. caninum life cycle and Keywords: many have been implicated as intermediate hosts. However, in many instances these studies have uti- Neospora caninum