• A descriptive Study of lectin histochemistry of the placenta in cattle following inoculation of Neospora caninum. 

      Dorsch, Matías A.; de Yaniz, María Guadalupe; Fiorani, Franco; Hecker, Yanina Paola; Odeon, Anselmo Carlos; Morrell, Eleonora Lidia; Campero, Carlos Manuel; Barbeito, Claudio Gustavo; Moore, Prando Dadin (Elsevier, 2019-01)
      The aim of this study was to describe the lectin-binding pattern in the placentas of cows infected experimentally with Neospora caninum. Four cows were inoculated intravenously with 1 × 108 tachyzoites of the NC-1 strain ...
    • Abortion outbreak caused by Campylobacter fetus subspecies venerealis and Neospora caninum in a bovine dairy herd 

      Macias Rioseco, Melissa; Caffarena, Rubén; Fraga, Martín; Silveira, Caroline; Giannitti, Federico; Canton, German Jose; Hecker, Yanina; Suanes, Alejandra; Riet Correa, Franklin (Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícola y Pecuarias, México, 2019-11)
      In November 2015, an abortion outbreak occurred in a commercial dairy herd of 650 Holstein cows in Florida department, Uruguay. Forty-five (45) cows aborted within 3 wk. Five fetuses were subjected to gross and microscopic ...
    • Bovine neosporosis in dairy cattle from the southern highlands of Ecuador 

      Maldonado Rivera, J.E.; Vallecillo, A.J.; Pérez, C.L; Cirone, Karina Mariela; Dorsch, M.A.; Scioli, V.; Hecker, Yanina; Fiorani, Franco; Canton, German Jose; Moore, Prando Dadin (Elsevier, 2020-01-25)
      The aim of this study was to describe bovine neosporosis in dairy cattle from the Sierra region, Ecuador. A case-control study was performed on 841 dairy cattle from 5 dairy herds. The overall seroprevalence was 23.4% ...
    • Comparación de ELISAs comerciales para la detección de anticuerpos en la investigación diagnóstica del aborto asociado a Neospora caninum en rodeos lecheros de Uruguay 

      da Silva Silveira, Caroline; Armendano, Joaquín Ignacio; Moore, Prando Dadin; Canton, German Jose; Macías Riosecoa, Melissa; Riet Correa, Franklin; Giannitti, Federico (Elsevier, 2020-06)
      A pesar de su importancia, el diagnóstico etiológico del aborto en bovinos representa un desafío técnico para los veterinarios clínicos y laboratoristas, en parte debido a la dificultad de recuperar los fetos abortados en ...
    • Controlling endemic Neospora caninum-related abortions in a dairy herd from Argentina 

      Lagomarsino, Horacio; Scioli, Agustín; Rodriguez, Alejandro Martin; Armendano, Joaquín Ignacio; Fiorani, Franco; Bence, Ángel; García, Joaquín; Hecker, Yanina; Gual, Ignacio; Canton, German Jose; Odeon, Anselmo Carlos; Campero, Carlos Manuel; Moore, Prando Dadin (Frontiers Media, Switzerland, 2019-12-12)
      After diagnosis of endemic abortions due to neosporosis in a commercial dairy farm, routes of Neospora caninum-transmission were evaluated in order to choose the best strategy for reducing its seroprevalence and related ...
    • Delayed type hypersensitivity induced by intradermal inoculation of a Neospora caninum tachyzoite antigen in previously exposed cattle 

      Fiorani, Franco; Armendano, Joaquín Ignacio; Hecker, Yanina Paola; Araoz, Virgina; Canton, German Jose; Leunda, Maria Rosa; Pereyra, Susana Beatriz; Corva, Pablo Marcelo; Odeon, Anselmo Carlos; Moore, Prando Dadin (Elsevier, 2019-01)
      The aim of this study was to evaluate delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) induced by the intradermal inoculation of a Neospora caninum tachyzoite soluble lysate in cattle previously exposed with the protozoa. Four experimental ...
    • Effect of dexamethasone in Neospora Caninum seropositive calves 

      Idarraga Bedoya, Samuel; Armendano, Joaquín Ignacio; Gual, Ignacio; Hecker, Yanina; Leunda, Maria Rosa; Pereyra, Susana Beatriz; Verna, Andrea Elizabeth; Campero, Carlos Manuel; Odeon, Anselmo Carlos; Moore, Prando Dadin (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2020-03-09)
      The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Dexamethasone (DXM) on clinical parameters, absolute and differential leukocyte count, specific IgG titers, IFN-γ production and parasitemia in beef calves seropositive ...
    • Epidemic abortions due to Neospora caninum infection in farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus) 

      Soler, Juan Pablo; Moré, Gastón; Urtizbiria, Facundo Nahuel; Hecker, Yanina; Cirone, Karina Mariela; Scioli, Maria Valeria; Paolicchi, Fernando; Fiorentino, María Andrea; Louge Uriarte, Enrique Leopoldo; Canton, German Jose; Verna, Andrea Elizabeth; Morrell, Eleonora Lidia; Moore, Prando Dadin (Springer Nature, 2022-03-19)
      This study describes for the first time an abortion outbreak caused by Neospora caninum in farmed red deer. During a 5-year period, farmed hinds, naturally mated, were regularly ultrasound monitored to detect reproductive ...
    • Immune response to Neospora caninum live tachyzoites in prepubertal female calves 

      Hecker, Yanina; Regidor-Cerrillo, Javier; Fiorani, Franco; Horcajo, Pilar; Soria, Ivana; Gual, Ignacio; Torioni, Susana Marta; Campero, Lucia; Echaide, Ignacio Eduardo; Alvarez-García, Gema; Ortega-Mora, Luis; Zamorano, Patricia Ines; Venturini, María Clara; Odeon, Anselmo Carlos; Canton, German Jose; Moore, Prando Dadin (Springer Berlin, 2019-09-04)
      The aim of the present study was to characterize the specific immune response in prepubertal female calves inoculated with Neospora caninum. Forty-eight N. caninum-seronegative 6-month-old Angus female calves were randomly ...
    • Immunization with inactivated antigens of Neospora caninum induces tolllike receptors 3, 7, 8 and 9 in maternal-fetal interface of infected pregnant heifers 

      Marin, Maia Solange; Hecker, Yanina Paola; Quintana, Silvina; Leunda, Maria Rosa; Canton, German Jose; Cobo, Eduardo Rubén; Moore, Prando Dadin; Odeon, Anselmo Carlos; Perez, Sandra (2017)
      Neospora caninum is an obligate parasite and a major cause of abortion in cattle. Pregnancy failures appear to be associated with weak innate defences on the maternal-fetal interface during infection with N. caninum. Herein, ...
    • Innate and humoral immune parameters at delivery in colostrum and calves from heifers experimentally infected with Neospora caninum 

      Maldonado Rivera, J.E.; Hecker, Yanina; Burucúa, Mercedes María; Cirone, Karina Mariela; Cheuquepan Valenzuel, Felipe Andres; Fiorani, Franco; Dorsch, Matias; Colque Caro, Luis Adrián; Canton, German Jose; Marin, Maia Solange; Moore, Prando Dadin (Elsevier, 2021-02-02)
      Neospora caninum is a leading cause of abortion in cattle worldwide. The study of the immune response against N. caninum is critical to understand its epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and, ultimately, in preventing ...
    • Isolation of Neospora caninum from a beef cattle fetus from Argentina: Immunopathological and molecular studies. 

      Campero, Lucía María; Gual, Ignacio; Dellarupe, Andrea; Schares, Gereon; Moré, Gastón; Moore, Prando Dadin; Venturini, María Cecilia (Elsevier, 2020-07)
      Neospora caninum is an important abortifacient agent affecting mainly cattle worldwide. The aim of the present work was to describe the histopathological findings in a naturally infected beef cow and its midterm fetus ...
    • Microsatellite genotyping reveals extensive genetic diversity in bovine Neospora caninum from the humid Pampa region in Argentina 

      Dorsch, Matias; Regidor-Cerrillo, Javier; Ortega-Mora, Luis; Scioli, Maria Valeria; Morrell, Eleonora Lidia; Canton, German Jose; Moore, Prando Dadin; Hecker, Yanina (Springer Verlag, 2020-10-15)
      Neospora caninum is an apicomplexan protozoan and a major cause of abortion in cattle worldwide. In the Argentinian Humid Pampa, bovine neosporosis causes severe economic losses. Despite this, information on the genetic ...
    • Morphometric study of encephalic lesions in aborted bovine fetuses naturally infected by two subpopulations of Neospora caninum 

      Dorsch, Matías; Moore, Prando Dadin; Regidor Cerrillo, Javier; Scioli, Maria Valeria; Morrell, Eleonora Lidia; Canton, German Jose; Ortega Mora, Luis; Hecker, Yanina (Springer, 2021-08)
      Neospora caninum is a major reproductive disease in cattle worldwide. In the Argentinian Humid Pampa, the seroprevalence, incidence of abortions, and economic losses due to neosporosis are considerably higher in dairy than ...
    • Neosporosis in Argentina: Past, present and future perspectives 

      Campero, Lucia Maria; Basso, W.; More, Gastón; Fiorani, Franco; Hecker, Yanina; Echaide, Ignacio Eduardo; Canton, German Jose; Cirone, Karina Mariela; Campero, Carlos Manuel; Venturini, M.C.; Moore, Prando Dadin (Elsevier, 2023-06)
      Neosporosis, caused by the protozoan Neospora caninum, was first diagnosed in Argentinean cattle in the 90's. With a national bovine stock of approximately 53 million head, the cattle industry is socially and economically ...
    • Ovine abortion by Neospora caninum: first case reported in Argentina 

      Hecker, Yanina; Morrell, Eleonora Lidia; Fiorentino, María Andrea; Gual, Ignacio; Rivera, Emilia; Fiorani, Franco; Dorsch, Matías; Gos, María Laura; Pardini, Lais; Scioli, María; Magariños, Sergio; Paolicchi, Fernando; Canton, German Jose; Moore, Prando Dadin (Springer Verlag Germany, 2019-09-04)
      Purpose The aim of this study was to describe for the first time a natural case of ovine abortion associated with Neospora caninum in a flock with reproductive losses in Argentina. Materials and Methods The analyzed ...
    • Pampas fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus) of the Argentine Pampas as intermediate host for Neospora caninum 

      Scioscia, Nathalia Paula; Hecker, Yanina; Arranz Solís, David; Pedrana, Julieta; Urtizbiria, Facundo Nahuel; Campero, Lucia Maria; Olmos, Leandro Hipolito; Scioli, Maria Valeria; Dorsch, Matías; Fiorani, Franco; Cheuquepan Valenzuela, Felipe Andres; Denegri, Guillermo María; Moré, Gastón; Moore, Prando Dadin (Elsevier, 2022-03-03)
      The Pampas fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus) is the most abundant wild canid from South America. This wild canid inhabits grasslands, open woodlands, and areas highly modified by extensive ranching and agricultural activities. ...
    • Phenotypic characterization of immune cells in fetal tissues of cattle immunized and challenged with Neospora caninum 

      Rivera Maldonado, Juan E.; Delay, Josepha; Hecker, Yanina; Monterubbianesi, María Gloria; Canton, German Jose; Campero, Carlos Manuel; Odeon, Anselmo Carlos; Moore, Prando Dadin (Elsevier, 2019-11)
      The purpose of this work was to characterize the cellular phenotype in inflammatory infiltrates of fetal tissues from pregnant heifers immunized and experimentally challenged with Neospora caninum. Fetuses from 20 heifers ...
    • Reactivation and foetal infection in pregnant heifers infected with neospora caninum live tachyzoites at prepubertal age 

      Hecker, Yanina; Burucúa, Mercedes María; Fiorani, Franco; Maldonado Rivera, Jaime; Cirone, Karina Mariela; Dorsch, Matías; Cheuquepan Valenzuela, Felipe; Campero, Lucia Maria; Canton, German Jose; Marín, Maia; Ortega Mora, Luis; Moore, Prando Dadin (MDPI, 2022-07-25)
      Neospora caninum is recognised for causing cattle abortion, provoking severe economic losses in the livestock industry worldwide. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the reactivation and foetal infection in pregnant ...