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The identification of Anaplasma spp. isolated from fallow deer (Dama dama) on a free-range farm in eastern Poland
L Adaszek1, P Klimiuk, M Skrzypczak
1Department of Epizootiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences, 30 Głeboka St. 20-612 Lublin, Poland. ukaszek0@wp.pl
Abstract:
The aim of the present study was to investigate the occurrence of Anaplasma spp. in group of 50 fallow deer (Dama dama) from free-range farm in eastern Poland and determine what species of Anaplasma could infect these animals based on PCR gene sequencing. The PCR technique revealed the presence of 16S RNA Anaplasma spp. genetic material in the blood of 7 out of 50 examined animals. The sequences of the PCR products obtained showed a 100% homology with each other and 100% homology with GU 183908 sequence of A. phagocytophilum, isolated in our earlier study from a horse with clinical form of anaplasmosis. Here, we report the first molecular evidence of Anaplasma spp. among naturally infected fallow deer in eastern Poland.
