| molecular survey of arthropod-borne pathogens in sheep keds (melophagus ovinus), central europe. | in the study, we screened a total of 399 adult sheep keds (melophagus ovinus) for the presence of rna and dna specific for arboviral, bacterial, and protozoan vector-borne pathogens. all investigated keds were negative for flaviviruses, phleboviruses, bunyaviruses, borrelia burgdorferi, rickettsia spp., anaplasma phagocytophilum, "candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis," and babesia spp. all ked pools were positive for bartonella dna. the sequencing of the amplified fragments of the glta and 16s-23s ... | 2016 | 27325400 |
| bartonella melophagi in blood of domestic sheep (ovis aries) and sheep keds (melophagus ovinus) from the southwestern us: cultures, genetic characterization, and ecological connections. | bartonella melophagi sp. nov. was isolated from domestic sheep blood and from sheep keds (melophagus ovinus) from the southwestern united states. the sequence analyses of the reference strain performed by six molecular markers consistently demonstrated that b. melophagi relates to but differ from other bartonella species isolated from domestic and wild ruminants. presence of 183 genes specific for b. melophagi, being absent in genomes of other bartonella species associated with ruminants also su ... | 2016 | 27283855 |
| bartonella melophagi in melophagus ovinus (sheep ked) collected from sheep in northern oromia, ethiopia. | melophagus ovinus (sheep ked) is one of the most common ectoparasites that contributes to enormous economic losses in the productivity of sheep in many countries. the present study was conducted from january 2012 to july 2013 on m. ovinus collected from sheep at three sites in ethiopia. of the sheep studied, 65.7% (88/134) were infested with m. ovinus. the prevalence of m. ovinus was 76% (76/100), 47% (8/17) and 23.5% (4/17) at the kimbibit, chacha and shano sites, respectively. an overall numbe ... | 2014 | 24326024 |