A multimodal approach to diagnosis of neuromuscular neosporosis in dogs.
Vanessa AlfFederica TirritoAndrea FischerRodolfo CappelloAnna-Mariam KivirantaTanja A SteinbergFederica PoliFelix StotzOmar V Del VecchioStefanie DörfeltCristian FalzoneAndré KnittelShenja LoderstedtEdy MercurialiJoana TabanezPaolo ZagarellaKaspar MatiasekMarco RosatiPublished in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine (2024)
Diagnosis of N. caninum infection should rely on a multimodal diagnostic approach and negativity of 1 single test should not allow for exclusion. Serology in combination with direct parasite identification via histopathology, DNA via PCR, or both modalities, appears a reliable diagnostic approach.