Characterization of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and A. ovis infection in a naturally infected sheep flock with poor health condition

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1327-1331

  Torina, Alessandra ^a   Galindo, Ruth C ^b   Vicente, Joaquín ^b   Di Marco, Vincenzo ^a   Russo, Miriam ^a   Aronica, Vincenzo ^a   Fiasconaro, Michele ^a   Scimeca, Salvatore ^a   Alongi, Angelina ^a   Caracappa, Santo ^a   Kocan, Katherine M ^c   Gortazar, Christian ^b   de la Fuente, Jośe ^b,c  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Epidemiology; Genetics; msp4; Sheep; Tick

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA OVIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TICK INFESTATION;

ANAPLASMA OVIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAPLOTYPES; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA OVIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; IXODIDA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77956175644     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9580-8     Document Type: Article

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