›› 2018, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (4): 1067-1073.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2018.04.029

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Establishment of Model of Pregnant Mice Infected by Neospora caninum from Bovine

LIANG Yang, XIE Suzhu, LI Hang, ZHANG Ningning, JIA Lijun   

  1. Department of Veterinary Medicine, Agriculture College of Yanbian University, Yanji 133002, China
  • Received:2017-09-28 Online:2018-04-20 Published:2018-04-25

Abstract:

To establish the model of pregnant mice infected by Neospora caninum (N.caninum) and understand the pathogenicity of N.caninum on pregnant mice,female BALB/c mice were inoculated intraperitoneally with different doses of N.caninum tachyzoites purified from Vero cells.Then these female BALB/c mice were maintained with male BALB/c mice in the same cage the next day.The clinical symptom and morbidity were observed daily.Basing on N.caninum Nc5 gene,PCR was performed to detect parasitic DNA in brain,liver,spleen and placenta from N.canium-infected mice,placenta wet weight and placental coefficients of pregnant mice were measured,too.The results revealed that the optimal dose to infect mice was 105 tachyzoites.Pregnant mice behaved mental disorders,ataxia,and other clinical symptoms,even death simultaneously.Pathological changes such as congestion,hemorrhage,and enlargement occurred in the major organs of brain,liver,and spleen of model mice.Nc5 gene was detected successively in brain,liver,spleen and placenta of pregnant mice infected with parasites.With the increase of post-infection days,the weight of placenta and the fetus were increasing and the placental coefficient decreased gradually following infection.Significant differences were observed in placental weight and placental coefficient between model group and control group on 12,14 and 16 d (P < 0.05),respectively.The results indicated that the model of pregnant BALB/c mice infected by N.caninum was successfully established which laid the foundation for the study of pathogenesis of N.caninum.

Key words: bovine; Neospora caninum; pregnant mice; model

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