Factors associated with perceived Anaplasma marginale infection and clinical anaplasmosis cases on beef operations in California.

Autor: Chen SY; Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, United States., Forero L; University of California Cooperative Extension, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Redding, CA, 96002, United States., Davy J; University of California Cooperative Extension, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Red Bluff, CA, 96080, United States., Stackhouse J; University of California Cooperative Extension, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Eureka, CA, 95503, United States., Harvey D; Division of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, United States., Abdelfattah E; Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, United States; Department of Animal Hygiene, and Veterinary Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Moshtohor 13736, Egypt., Maier G; Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, United States. Electronic address: gumaier@ucdavis.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Ticks and tick-borne diseases [Ticks Tick Borne Dis] 2024 Jul; Vol. 15 (4), pp. 102346. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 20.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2024.102346
Abstrakt: Bovine anaplasmosis is a tick-borne disease caused by Anaplasma marginale in the United States. The objective of this study was to use a survey tool to generate information for beef operations in California on anaplasmosis prevention and control management, including to what extent management activities were informed by perceived herd-level exposure to A. marginale infection or occurrence of clinical anaplasmosis cases. We mailed 2,621 questionnaires with questions on Anaplasma status, herd demographics, anaplasmosis control and prevention measures, and environmental factors to beef ranchers in California in October 2020. Survey-weighted chi-square tests were used to compare management differences according to perceived Anaplasma infection status. Generalized estimating equations (GEEs) were used to analyze whether region of California, management practices, or environmental factors were associated with reported clinical cases of anaplasmosis in the previous five years. A total of 466 questionnaires describing 749 herds were obtained and used in this study. Use of management measures, including deliberate exposure of calves to ticks, vaccination for Anaplasma, infection control through antibiotics in feed, maintaining a completely closed herd, blood testing for Anaplasma on all herd additions, and taking no anaplasmosis control and prevention measures, were significantly different between herds with or without perceived A. marginale infection based on producers' self-declared status. The overall perceived prevalence for Anaplasma infection and reported clinical cases of anaplasmosis at the herd level was 26.0 % (95 % CI: 24.3-27.7 %) and 17.1 % (95 % CI: 15.6-18.6 %) respectively, with the highest perceived infection and case numbers reported in the Central Coast region. In the GEE model, higher odds of reporting clinical cases of anaplasmosis in the previous five years were observed in cattle located in the Central Coast region, cattle within a large herd, cattle that are treated with tick/fly control, cattle in a completely closed herd, and cattle receiving Anaplasma vaccine. Anaplasma infection and bovine anaplasmosis status may be underestimated in beef herds in California based on previous study results. Changing needles between cattle after injections and conducting blood testing for Anaplasma on herd additions are important Anaplasma management measures that are infrequently implemented in beef herds in California. The results show a need for producer education to improve producers' awareness of bovine anaplasmosis and implement proper measures for disease control and prevention.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they do not have any financial or personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias their work.
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