Identification of different Bartonella species in the cattle tail louse (Haematopinus quadripertusus) and in cattle blood.

ABSTRACT: Bartonella spp. are worldwide-distributed facultative intracellular bacteria that exhibit an immense genomic diversity across mammal and arthropod hosts. The occurrence of cattle-associated Bartonella species was investigated in the cattle tail louse Haematopinus quadripertusus and in dairy cattle blood from Israel. Lice were collected from cattle from two dairy farms during summer 2011, and both lice and cow blood samples were collected from additional seven farms during the successive winter. The lice were identified morphologically and molecularly using 18S rRNA sequencing. Thereafter, they were screened for Bartonella DNA by conventional and real-time PCR assays using four partial genetic loci (gltA, rpoB, ssrA, and internal transcribed spacer [ITS]). A potentially novel Bartonella var

SUBMITTER: Gutierrez R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4136086 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature