Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in fallow deer (Dama dama) and feeding ticks from an Italy preserve

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-43

  Veronesi, F ^a   Galuppi, R ^b   Tampieri, M P ^b   Bonoli, C ^b   Mammoli, R ^a   Fioretti, D Piergili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Fallow deer; IFAT; Italy; PCR; Tick

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAMA DAMA; DEER; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ITALY; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK INFESTATION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEER; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ITALY; IXODIDAE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; DAMA DAMA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; UNGULATA;

EID: 78650854683     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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