Maldonado Rivera, Jaime EduardoVallecillo Maza, Antonio JavierPerez Meneses, Cinthya LizbethCirone, KarinaDorsch, MatíasMorrell, Eleonora LidiaScioli, ValeriaHecker, Yanina PaolaFiorani, FrancoCantón, Germán JoséMoore, Dadín2020-06-092020-06-0920202405-9390https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85078231162&origin=resultslist&sort=cp-f&src=s&st1=Bovine+neosporosis+in+dairy+cattle+from+the+southern+highlands+of+Ecuador&sid=7650c076302ceb2422429b10ba97e26c&sot=b&sdt=b&sl=88&s=TITLE-ABS-KEY%28Bovine+neosporosis+in+dairy+cattle+from+the+southern+highlands+of+Ecuador%29&relpos=0&citeCnt=3&searchTerm=The aim of this study was to describe bovine neosporosis in dairy cattle from the Sierra region, Ecuador. A case-control study was performed on 841 dairy cattle from 5 dairy herds. The overall seroprevalence was 23.4% having significant association between abortion and seropositivity (p < .05). Additionally, 46 fetuses were recovered from a local slaughterhouse to evaluate the frequency of vertical transmission. Seventeen and 3 fetuses were positive by PCR and had compatible histopathological lesions, respectively. N. caninum infection must be considered as a relevant cause of reproductive losses in Ecuador.es-ESEcuadorBovine neosporosisDairy cattlePrevalenceARTÍCULO10.1016/j.vprsr.2020.100377