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Reservoir competency of goats for Anaplasma phagocytophilum.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Oct 2006
Massung Robert F, Levin Michael L, Miller Nathan J, Mather Thomas N
Abstract excerpt
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...
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