Molecular and serological evidence for Anaplasma infection in yaks

Authors

MILING MA
ZHIJIE LIU
GUIQUAN GUAN
YOUQUAN LI
JIANXUN LUO
HONG YIN

DOI

10.3906/vet-1009-474

Abstract

Bovine anaplasmosis caused by Anaplasma marginale is considered to be an important disease in China; large-scale investigations have not been carried out since the 1990s, however, and whether or not yaks can be infected by A. marginale has never been investigated. In this study, 2 yaks were successfully infected by the inoculation of blood infected with A. marginale under experimental conditions. Furthermore, an investigation of 482 field serum samples from yaks using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with the recombinant major surface protein 5 (MSP5) showed that 84.4% of the results were positive. In consideration of previously determined ecological and biological data related to A. marginale, it is assumed that yaks are potential natural reservoir hosts of A. marginale in the northwest of China.

Keywords

Yak, Anaplasma marginale, ELISA, MSP5

First Page

463

Last Page

466

Recommended Citation

MA, MILING; LIU, ZHIJIE; GUAN, GUIQUAN; LI, YOUQUAN; LUO, JIANXUN; and YIN, HONG (2011) "Molecular and serological evidence for Anaplasma infection in yaks," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 35: No. 6, Article 13. https://doi.org/10.3906/vet-1009-474
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol35/iss6/13