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Reservoir Competency of Goats for Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Author(s) -
MASSUNG ROBERT F.,
LEVIN MICHAEL L.,
MILLER NATHAN J.,
MATHER THOMAS N.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1374.088
Subject(s) - anaplasma phagocytophilum , anaplasma , veterinary medicine , virology , biology , medicine , immunology , tick , borrelia burgdorferi , antibody
The susceptibility of goats to infection by Anaplasma phagocytophilum ( A. phagocytophilum) strains Ap‐Variant 1 and Ap‐ha was assessed by infestation of goats with field‐collected Ixodes scapularis (I. scapularis) ticks. Both strains were infectious in the goat model. These results demonstrate that goats can be used in a laboratory setting to propagate A. phagocytophilum . Transmission from an infected goat to a naïve goat by I. scapularis tick feeding was used to demonstrate that goats are reservoir‐competent for the Ap‐Variant 1 strain.