Isolation of Neospora caninum from the brain of a naturally infected adult dairy cow

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• 作者：Sawada ; Masumi ; Kondo ; Hisayo ; Tomioka ; Yukiko ; Park ; Chun-Ho ; Morita ; Takehito ; Shimada ; Akinori ; et. al.
• 关键词：Neospora caninum ; Cow ; Brain ; Latent infection ; Nude mice ; Cell culture
• 刊名：Veterinary Parasitology
• 出版年：2000
• 出版时间：June 27, 2000
• 年：2000
• 卷：90
• 期：3
• 页码：247-252
• 全文大小：543 K

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Neospora caninum was isolated from the brain of a 2-year-old dairy cow that had aborted confirmed N. caninum-infected fetuses on two occasions. The cow had an indirect fluorescent antibody titer of 1:1600 to N. caninum. The cow was killed 24 days after its second abortion and the brain was bioassayed for N. caninum in nude mice. Multifocal areas of perivascular cuffing and glial nodules were observed in the cerebrum and mesencephalon of the cow, but N. caninum was not identified in histological sections of the brain. All three nude mice inoculated with brain homogenate of the cow, developed emaciation and paralysis. Microscopical examination of the nude mice revealed systemic N. caninum infection with demonstrable tachyzoites in various organs. The parasites isolated from fresh mouse brain were transferred successfully into Vero cell cultures. PCR procedure on the purified tachyzoites obtained from the Vero cell cultures amplified the specific DNA sequence for N. caninum.