Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Reservoir competency of goats for Anaplasma phagocytophilum.
- Journal:
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Year:
- 2006
- Authors:
- Massung, Robert F et al.
- Affiliation:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · United States
Abstract
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.
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