Neospora - any experiences?

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As the title says, I would be interested to hear from anyone with experience (rather than just horror stories) of Neospora please.

We have a 6 month old puppy and with it, it has been treated but some of the symptoms are still present.

Thanks in advance

I saw it a few years ago in a six month old pit bull who had been showing unexplained weight loss and symptoms of ascending paralysis. She had been seen by a number of vets. The owner and breeder had both been feeding a raw food diet which is where we suspected it originated from. She responded well to treatment.

I put her on clindamycin and trimethoprim sulphate for I think 6 weeks. It definitely requires at least a month of treatment. It was never actually diagnosed, as the owner couldn't afford it and the dog couldn't wait, but she responded to treatment within three days, going from recumbent, inappetant and dull to ravenously hungry and tottering to her feet.

Thanks for your reply. The tests confirm it, she has had 10 weeks of the anti biotic but not the other drug you mention. She went from a very quiet Lab with no appetite to a very hungry and sometimes very boisterous dog. But her back legs are still quite bad, her back feet knuckle over and she sometimes has funny seizures when she has pressure on her neck.

I think we will go back to the vets. I just don't fined they are very knowledgable about it as it's so rare. I need a specialist maybe?

The pressure on the neck I mean a collar. She normally wears a harness or nothing in the house.

I think the prognosis for a full clinical cure is not great if they develop severe hindlimb neurological signs.

That's not to say don't go back to seek more advice. Is she a swimmer? Swimming is a great form of physio.

Yes she swims, we live 5 minutes from many beaches. I think we are fully prepared for her to always be wonky as it were but just worried about her going downhill.