Characterization of the first Polish isolate ofNeospora caninumfrom cattle

✍ Scribed by Katarzyna Goździk; Władysław Cabaj

• Book ID: 111490560
• Publisher: Versita
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 131 KB
• Volume: 52
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1230-2821
• DOI: 10.2478/s11686-007-0041-0

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Neospora caninum was isolated from the brain of an apparently healthy calf born to a seropositive cow. The calf was killed 12 hrs after birth and homogenate of its brain was inoculated into Vero cells. Neospora-like tachyzoites were detected 66 days later. The identity of the parasite was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction amplification of N. canium-specific fragments using Np21 and Np6 primers. This first Polish isolate of N. caninum was designated NC-PolB1.