%0 Journal Article
%T Updating of the bovine neosporosis Actualizaci車n de la Neosporosis bovina
%A Alexander Mart赤nez Contreras
%A Giovanni Moreno Figueredo
%A Anastasia Cruz Carrillo
%J Conexi車n Agropecuaria JDC
%D 2012
%I Fundaci車n Universitaria Juan de Castellanos
%X In the fields of Medicine and bovine production, there is a wide variety of diseases affecting reproduction, in relation to the number of live births, the interval between births and open days, among others. Some of these diseases produce abortions and embryonic death, which explain the alteration of reproductive parameters. Many of these diseases have an infectious origin, such as parasites, bacteria, viruses and fungi, which are transmitted among animals. Besides, some of them have zoonotic features that generate problems to human health. Among these agents, the Neospora caninum, protozoan stands out. Its life cycle is fulfilled in several species of animals like the dog and the coyote. These two act as its definitive hosts and the cattle as its intermediary host. The Neospora caninum causes in the infected animals, reproductive disorders, clinical manifestations and decreased production which affects productivity of small, medium and large producers. Because of this, diagnostic techniques that allow understanding the epidemiological behavior of this disease have been developed. However in spite of being a major agent in the bovine reproductive health, few studies have been undertaken to determine the prevalence of this agent around the world. Therefore, the objective of this review was to collect updated information on the behavior of this parasite, targeting its epidemiology, its symptoms, its impact on production and the methods of its control and prevention. En medicina y producci車n bovina se presenta una gran variedad de enfermedades que afectan la reproducci車n, esto es, el n迆mero de nacidos vivos, el intervalo entre partos y los d赤as abiertos, entre otros, ya que en algunas de estas enfermedades, ocurren abortos y muerte embrionaria, que explican la alteraci車n de los par芍metros reproductivos. Muchas de estas patolog赤as son de origen infeccioso (par芍sitos, bacterias, virus y hongos), se transmiten de un animal a otro y algunas tienen car芍cter zoon車tico, generando problemas en la salud humana. Dentro de dichos agentes se destaca la Neospora caninum, protozoario cuyo ciclo de vida se cumple en varias especies de animales como el perro y el coyote, que act迆an como hospedadores definitivos y los bovinos, que constituyen el hospedador intermediario, produci谷ndoles alteraciones reproductivas, manifestaciones cl赤nicas y disminuci車n de la producci車n lo que repercute en productividad de peque os, medianos y grandes productores. Por lo anterior, se han desarrollado t谷cnicas diagn車sticas que permiten conocer el comportamiento epidemiol車gico de esta enfermed
%K Aborto
%K hospedador definitivo
%K hospedador intermediario
%K t谷cnicas diagn車sticas
%K protozoario
%K reproducci車n bovina
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