Granulocytic anaplasmosis in a horse from Saskatchewan.

ABSTRACT: This report describes a case of equine granulocytic anaplasmosis in a horse from Saskatchewan. Morulae were visualized within blood neutrophils, and the diagnosis was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The organism was identified as the human pathogenic strain of Anaplasma phagocytophilum by PCR and DNA sequencing of 3 independent genes.

SUBMITTER: Burgess H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3398529 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature