Other Animal Disease -- United Kingdom
It would be interesting to know how these _Neospora_ abortion storms were diagnosed. Being vertically transmitted organisms, PCR on the fetus and serology on the dams only indicate the contact with the agent and, for PCR, the presence of the organism in the fetus. We also wonder if the fetuses were evaluated for the presence of BVDV [Bovine viral diarrhea virus], which in the past was present in aborted fetuses with _Neospora_.
The gold standard remains the complete histologic evaluation of
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