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N. caninum is a protozoan parasite of the phylum Apicomplexa that has emerged as a global pathogen of major importance in cattle and dogs. N. caninum is a facultative heteroxenous parasite with the dog as a definitive host.. N. caninum is recognised as the major diagnosed cause of abortion in dairy cattle. Although similar to Toxoplasma gondii in morphological and some biological characteristics, N. caninum is readily distinguishable both serologically and genetically and thus has been placed in a separate genus. Biologically there are many interesting differences from T. gondii. Most significantly, in contrast to T. gondii, N. caninum does not appear to infect humans. The NCLiv strain of N. caninum was selected for WGS capillary sequencing to 7X genome coverage. To improve the assembly and increase the accuracy of base calling, we have employed Illumina sequencing technology. PCR-free Illumina sequencing reads are being generated for improving the assembly and for accurate base calling.. This data is part of a pre-publication release. For information on the proper use of pre-publication data shared by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (including details of any publication moratoria), please see http://www.sanger.ac.uk/datasharing/ |