| Autor: |
Ortiz-Ramírez JÁ; Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Escobedo 66054, NL, Mexico., Rodríguez-Rojas JJ; Unidad de Patógenos y Vectores, Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey 66460, NL, Mexico., Hernández-Escareño JJ; Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Escobedo 66054, NL, Mexico., Galan-Huerta KA; Departamento de Bioquímicay Medicina Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey 66460, NL, Mexico., Rebollar-Téllez EA; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza 66455, NL, Mexico., Moreno-Degollado G; Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Escobedo 66054, NL, Mexico., Medina-De la Garza CE; Unidad de Patógenos y Vectores, Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey 66460, NL, Mexico., Sánchez-Casas RM; Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Escobedo 66054, NL, Mexico.; Unidad de Patógenos y Vectores, Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey 66460, NL, Mexico., Fernández-Salas I; Unidad de Patógenos y Vectores, Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey 66460, NL, Mexico.; Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza 66455, NL, Mexico. |
| Abstrakt: |
Ticks and tick-borne diseases affect livestock productivity and cause significant economic losses. Therefore, surveillance of these pathogens and vectors is paramount to reducing these effects in livestock. This study aimed to identify Anaplasma marginale and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ticks collected from cattle. Molecular biology techniques were utilized to identify A. marginale for both types of samples, i.e., ticks and bovine blood. Serology of cattle using indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) was conducted to determine antibodies to B . burgdorferi s.l. from seven locations in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, between 2015 and 2017. From 404 bovines, 2880 ticks were collected: Rhipicephalus microplus (2391 females and 395 males), Amblyomma spp. (51 females and 42 males) and Dermacentor variabilis (1 female). Rhipicephalus microplus represented the largest specimens captured, with 96.7% within the seven study sites. PCR processed only 15% (442) of tick samples to identify A. marginale . Field genera proportions were followed to select testing tick numbers. Results showed that 9.9% (44/442) of A. maginale infected the pooled tick species, whereas the highest percent corresponded to 9.4% (38/404) in R. microplus . Regarding the molecular analysis of blood samples, 214 of 337 (63.5%) were positive for A. maginale . In each of the seven locations, at least one bovine sample tested positive for A. maginale . Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. was not found either in the ticks or serum samples. Two A.marginale DNA nucleotide sequences obtained in this study were deposited in the GenBank with the following accession numbers OR050501 cattle, and OR050500 R.microplus tick. Results of this work point to current distribution of bovine anaplasmosis in northern Mexico. |
