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First identification of Neospora caninum by PCR in aborted bovine foetuses in Romania

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The first identification of Neospora caninum infection in aborted bovine foetuses in Romania is reported. Nine aborted foetuses were collected from a dairy farm. The foetal age of foetuses was between 3 and 7 months. A 7-month-old foetus was mummified. N. caninum DNA Nc-5 region was amplified from samples extracted from brain tissues of three (33.3%) aborted foetuses. The foetal ages of PCR positive foetuses were 3, 4 and 7 months (mummified). No specific lesions or tissue cysts were found to the histological examination, because of advanced autolysis of brains.

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This study was financially supported by the Ministry of Education, Research and Inovation from Romania (grant PNII PC 52-177/2008).

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  1. Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Mănăştur Street, Cluj Napoca, Romania

    Ovidiu Şuteu, Adriana Titilincu, Andrei Mihalca, Viorica Mircean & Vasile Cozma

  2. Institute of Parasitology, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

    David Modrý

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Şuteu, O., Titilincu, A., Modrý, D. et al. First identification of Neospora caninum by PCR in aborted bovine foetuses in Romania. Parasitol Res 106, 719–722 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-009-1684-6

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