Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Adult dog with Neospora caninum lung infection causing pneumonia
By Greig, B et al.·Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·1995·College of Veterinary Medicine, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Neospora caninum pneumonia in an adult dog.
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Plain-English summary
A dog with severe breathing problems was found to have a rare lung infection caused by Neospora caninum, a parasite usually affecting younger dogs. The diagnosis was made through a lung sample analysis, which showed signs of infection. Unfortunately, the dog did not survive, as Neospora infections in adult dogs can be quite serious and unpredictable. This case highlights the unusual presentation of this infection in an older dog, which is not commonly seen.
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Abstract
Neospora caninum was identified in a lung aspirate specimen from an adult dog with severe pneumonia. Neosporosis was tentatively diagnosed by cytologic examination of a Wright-Giemsa-stained smear of the aspirate specimen, using light microscopy. The infection was confirmed by immunohistochemical examination of a section of lung tissue obtained at necropsy. Neosporosis is usually a fatal ascending neurologic disease of dogs less than 1 year of age. Neospora caninum infections are uncommon in adult dogs and do not have a consistent clinical course. The disease in the dog of this report was unique because the dog had clinical respiratory tract disease and because preliminary diagnosis was made by cytologic examination.
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