Bartonella melophagi in blood of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) and sheep keds (Melophagus ovinus) from the southwestern US: Cultures, genetic characterization, and ecological connections.
Veterinary Microbiology(2016)
摘要
•Bartonella melophagi was isolated from domestic sheep blood and from sheep keds (Melophagus ovinus).•This bacterium was not isolated from the blood of bighorn sheep and domestic goats belonging to the same subfamily Caprinae.•The sequence analyses of the reference strain performed by six molecular markers consistently demonstrated that B. melophagi relates to but differ from other Bartonella species isolated from domestic and wild ruminants.•Presence of 183 genes specific for B. melophagi, which were absent in genomes of other Bartonella species associated with ruminants.•The hypothesis that the domestic sheep is a natural host reservoir for B. melophagi and the sheep ked its main vector is proposed.
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Bartonellosis,Domestic sheep,Sheep ked,Bighorn sheep,Genotyping
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