Key features: Written by the scientist who named this parasite and
was the first to set up proper diagnostic techniques Serves as the
first ever book to provide information on the parasite structure,
biology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, epidemiology, prevention,
and control of neosporosis Covers both approaches toward preventing
& controlling this disease: Developing an efficacious vaccine
and sound cattle management practices Contains a wealth of
illustrations, including many of the author's original photographs
of the parasite Provides basic information on immunologic and
molecular aspects of the disease Abortion is a worldwide problem in
the livestock industry accounting for annual economic losses of
billions of dollars, and N. caninum is a major cause of it.
Neosporosis is a newly recognized disease of animals. Until 1988 it
was misdiagnosed as toxoplasmosis. Considerable progress in
understanding the biology of neosporosis has been made in the last
30 years, resulting in more than 2,000 scientific publications. The
economic importance of abortion in cattle, and the availability of
knowledge, reagents, and technology used to study toxoplasmosis,
have contributed to the rapid progress in understanding the biology
of neosporosis. Written by pioneers in this field, Neosporosis in
Animals presents a comprehensive summary of the biology of
neosporosis, starting with chapter 1 on the historical background
of the discovery of the disease. Subsequent chapters deal with
general aspects of the biology of N. caninum (chapter 2),
techniques (chapter 3), and the disease caused by this parasite in
cattle (chapter 4), dogs (chapter 5), and all other animals
including sheep, pigs, primates and humans (chapters 6-18). This
book provides, for the first time in a single authoritative source,
a complete account of the structure, biology, clinical disease,
diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment, attempts at immunoprophylaxis,
and control in all hosts. There are 175 illustrations and tables
devoted to the life cycle, structure of parasitic stages, and
lesions. More than 2100 references are cited, allowing the reader
to locate additional information on specific topics in an efficient
way. This book will be useful to a broad range of researchers in
biology and veterinarians.
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