neospora

Re: neospora

Rachael Winder — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 16:33:39 GMT

My nurse's dog presented at 2y.o. with unliateral central blindness and ataxia developed over 2-3weeks. He progressed to recumbency and seizures. Again walked on lead always in urban areas, doesn't feed raw, dog doesn't scavenge. Positive on serology and PCR. Fortunately he did well and after a long period time is essentially ok, though he does have some residual behavioural issues and neuro deficits. I had the same question as to source. What was interesting in this case was that the breeder did ( as so many do) feed a somewhat random mixture of offal/raw diet etc and the mother of my nurse's dog died suddenly following a massive series of seizures aged 4yrs. I suspected transplacental transmission followed by latency...

Re: neospora

Andrew Kent — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:58:00 GMT

Hi Alexa,

was this just compatible cytology or specific positive infectious disease testing? And if the latter was it serology or PCR?

perhaps you could post the actual results for us to have a look at?

otherwise older dogs do get neospora, most likely due to ingestion of infected meat - scavenged on a walk perhaps?

Andy

Re: neospora

a.bardell — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:30:34 GMT

As a cause of clinical signs

Re: neospora

John Flynn — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:31:22 GMT

[quote user="Alexa Bardell"]The lab results point to neospora[/quote]

Exposure only or as cause of clinical signs?