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Genetic characterization of Neospora caninum from aborted bovine fetuses in Hokkaido, Japan.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2021
El-Alfy El-Sayed, Ohari Yuma, Shimoda Naomi, Nishikawa Yoshifumi
Abstract excerpt
Neospora caninum is one of the main causes of bovine abortions worldwide, including Japan. Nothing is known about the N. caninum population substructures in Japan, and only one isolate from a pregnant sheep has been studied to date. This study describes, for the first time, the genetic characterization of isolates of N. caninum implicated in cattle abortions in Japan. Brains from five aborted fetuses were...
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