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Table 1 Neosporosis in goats, lesions, diagnosis and immunolabelling in fetuses

From: Histological and immunohistochemical characterization of the inflammatory and glial cells in the central nervous system of goat fetuses and adult male goats naturally infected with Neospora caninum

Foetus

Age (days)

Lesions

Parasite confirmation

Immunolabelling

  

Gliosis

P. cuffs

Necrosis

PCR

HE

IHQ

RCA

GFAP

PCNA

MHC-II

CD3

CD79α

1

90

+++

+++

-

+

-

-

+++

+

+++

-

-

-

2

90

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

90

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

90

+++

+++

+

+

+

+

+++

+

++

-

+

-

5

150

+

-

-

+

+

+

-

++

-

-

-

-

6

150

+

-

-

+

+

+

++

++

-

-

-

-

7

120

+

+

-

+

+

+

+

-

-

++

+

-

8

120

++

+

+

+

-

-

++

+

-

++

-

-

9*

150

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10*

90

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  1. Lesions graduation: discrete (+), moderate (++) and severe (+++). Immunohistochemistry labelling graduated by the number of cells in a field of 400x: less than 10 cells per field (+), 10 to 30 cells per field (+ +), more than 30 cells per field (+ + +). *Negative Controls. P. cuffs (perivascular cuffs), HE (Hematoxilin and Eosin staining), PCR (Polimerase chain reaction), IHQ (Immunohistochemistry).