A review on bovine besnoitiosis: a disease with economic impact in herd health management, caused by Besnoitia besnoiti (Franco and Borges, 1916)

H Cortes, A Leitao, B Gottstein, A Hemphill - Parasitology, 2014 - cambridge.org
Bovine besnoitiosis is caused by the largely unexplored apicomplexan parasite Besnoitia
besnoiti. In cows, infection during pregnancy often results in abortion, and chronically …

Molecular pathology, taxonomy and epidemiology of Besnoitia species (Protozoa: Sarcocystidae)

P Olias, B Schade, H Mehlhorn - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2011 - Elsevier
Until recently, besnoitiosis has been a neglected disease of domestic animals. Now, a
geographic expansion of the causing protozoan parasite Besnoitia besnoiti in livestock has …

Neutrophil Extracellular Traps as Innate Immune Reaction against the Emerging Apicomplexan Parasite Besnoitia besnoiti

T Muñoz Caro, C Hermosilla, LMR Silva, H Cortes… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Besnoitia besnoiti infection in cattle is an important emerging protozoan disease in Europe
causing economic losses and severe clinical signs, such as generalized dermatitis, orchitis …

Besnoitia besnoiti tachyzoites induce monocyte extracellular trap formation

T Muñoz-Caro, LMR Silva, C Ritter, A Taubert… - Parasitology …, 2014 - Springer
Extracellular trap (ET) formation has been demonstrated as an important novel effector
mechanism of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN), eosinophils, mast cells and …

Dynamics of Besnoitia besnoiti infection in cattle

G Álvarez-García, P García-Lunar… - Parasitology, 2014 - cambridge.org
Bovine besnoitiosis is caused by the cyst-forming apicomplexan parasite Besnoitia besnoiti.
This disease progresses in two sequential phases: a febrile acute phase with oedemas and …

An Inter‐Laboratory Comparative Study of Serological Tools Employed in the Diagnosis of Besnoitia besnoiti Infection in Bovines

P García‐Lunar, LM Ortega‐Mora… - Transboundary and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Bovine besnoitiosis is considered an emerging chronic and debilitating disease in Europe.
Many infections remain subclinical, and the only sign of disease is the presence of parasitic …

A longitudinal study of Besnoitia besnoiti infections and seasonal abundance of Stomoxys calcitrans in a dairy cattle farm of southwest France

E Lienard, A Salem, C Grisez, F Prévot… - Veterinary …, 2011 - Elsevier
Bovine besnoitiosis, caused by the cyst-forming apicomplexan Besnoitia besnoiti, is
commonly reported in some restricted regions of South-Western Europe, and in larger …

Chronic bovine besnoitiosis: intra-organ parasite distribution, parasite loads and parasite-associated lesions in subclinical cases

CF Frey, D Gutiérrez-Expósito, LM Ortega-Mora… - Veterinary …, 2013 - Elsevier
Bovine besnoitiosis caused by Besnoitia besnoiti is a chronic and debilitating disease. The
most characteristic clinical signs of chronic besnoitiosis are visible tissue cysts in the scleral …

Evidence for bovine besnoitiosis being endemic in Italy—first in vitro isolation of Besnoitia besnoiti from cattle born in Italy

A Gentile, G Militerno, G Schares, A Nanni… - Veterinary …, 2012 - Elsevier
Until 2009, bovine besnoitiosis had never been considered endemic in Italy and the only
report on the disease in this country referred to animals imported from France shortly before …

Besnoitia besnoiti bradyzoite stages induce suicidal-and rapid vital-NETosis

E Zhou, LMR Silva, I Conejeros, ZD Velásquez, M Hirz… - Parasitology, 2020 - cambridge.org
Besnoitia besnoiti is an obligate intracellular apicomplexan protozoan parasite, which
causes bovine besnoitiosis. Recently increased emergence within Europe was responsible …