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Effects of toltrazuril and ponazuril on Hammondia heydorni (syn. Neospora caninum) infections in mice

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Mice infected with tachyzoites of Neospora caninum (syn.: Hammondia heydorni) must be pretreated with cortisone in order to show disease symptoms. This indicates the status of an opportunistic agent of disease. Toltrazuril was an effective curative agent.

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  1. Institut für Zoomorphologie, Zellbiologie und Parasitologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstrasse 1, 40225 , Düsseldorf, Germany

    Anne Kathrin Darius & Heinz Mehlhorn

  2. Institut für Veterinär-Parasitologie, Freie Universtität Berlin, Königsweg 67, 14163, Berlin, Germany

    Alfred Otto Heydorn

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Correspondence to Heinz Mehlhorn.

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Darius, A.K., Mehlhorn, H. & Heydorn, A.O. Effects of toltrazuril and ponazuril on Hammondia heydorni (syn. Neospora caninum) infections in mice. Parasitol Res 92, 520–522 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-003-1062-8

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