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Bartonella chomelii is the most frequent species infecting cattle grazing in communal mountain pastures in Spain.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 2015
Antequera-Gómez M L, Lozano-Almendral L, Barandika J F, González-Martín-Niño R M, Rodríguez-Moreno I, García-Pérez A L, Gil H
Abstract excerpt
The presence of Bartonella spp. was investigated in domestic ungulates grazing in communal pastures from a mountain area in northern Spain, where 18.3% (17/93) of cattle were found to be positive by PCR combined with a reverse line blot (PCR/RLB), whereas sheep (n = 133) or horses (n = 91) were found not to be infected by this pathogen. Bartonella infection was significantly associated with age, since older...
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