MOLECULAR SURVEILLANCE FOR BARTONELLA, BORRELIA, AND RICKETTSIA SPECIES IN TICKS FROM DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP ( OVIS CANADENSIS) AND MULE DEER ( ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS) IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, USA
| Autor: | Michael Kosoy, Renjie Hu, Lynn M. Osikowicz, Joseph E. Burns, Ben J. Gonzales, Lora Konde, Sarah A. Billeter |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Bartonella
Desert bighorn sheep Veterinary medicine 040301 veterinary sciences 030231 tropical medicine ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Tick Odocoileus California 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine parasitic diseases Animals Rickettsia Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Dermacentor Dermacentor albipictus Ecology biology ved/biology Borrelia Deer symbols.heraldic_supporter Sheep Bighorn 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification Tick Infestations symbols Ixodidae Ovis canadensis |
| Zdroj: | Journal of wildlife diseases. 54(1) |
| ISSN: | 1943-3700 |
| Popis: | Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) were collected from 44 desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) and 10 mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in southern California, US during health inspections in 2015–16. Specimens were identified and screened by PCR analysis to determine the presence and prevalence of Bartonella, Borrelia, and Rickettsia species in ticks associated with these wild ruminants. None of the 60 Dermacentor hunteri and 15 Dermacentor albipictus ticks tested yielded positive PCR results. Additional tick specimens should be collected and tested to determine the prevalence of these confirmed or suspected tickborne pathogens within ruminant populations. |
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