Bartonella chomelii is the most frequent species infecting cattle grazing in communal mountain pastures in Spain.

ABSTRACT: The presence of Bartonella spp. was investigated in domestic ungulates grazing in communal pastures from a mountain area in northern Spain, where 18.3% (17/93) of cattle were found to be positive by PCR combined with a reverse line blot (PCR/RLB), whereas sheep (n = 133) or horses (n = 91) were found not to be infected by this pathogen. Bartonella infection was significantly associated with age, since older animals showed a higher prevalence than heifers and calves. In contrast to other studies, B. chomelii was the most frequent species found in cattle (14/17), while B. bovis was detected in only three animals. Moreover, 18 B. chomelii isolates and one B. bovis isolate were obtained from nine animals. Afterwards, B. chomelii isolates were characterized by a multilocus sequence typing (MLST

SUBMITTER: Antequera-Gomez ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4277576 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature