A RETROSPECTIVE SEROLOGIC SURVEY FOR ANAPLASMA SPP. INFECTION IN THREE BIGHORN SHEEP (OVIS CANADENSIS) POPULATIONS IN CALIFORNIA

David A. Jessup; Will L. Goff; David Stiller; Michael N. Oliver; Vernon C. Bleich; Walter M. Boyce

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-29.4.547

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1 October 1993 A RETROSPECTIVE SEROLOGIC SURVEY FOR ANAPLASMA SPP. INFECTION IN THREE BIGHORN SHEEP (OVIS CANADENSIS) POPULATIONS IN CALIFORNIA

David A. Jessup, Will L. Goff, David Stiller, Michael N. Oliver, Vernon C. Bleich, Walter M. Boyce

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 29(4):547-554 (1993). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-29.4.547

Abstract

Using an indirect immunofluorescence assay, we determined the prevalence of Anaplasma-reactive antibody in three herds of bighorn sheep, each a different subspecies and occupying a different habitat in California (USA). Antibodies to Anaplasma spp. were identified in none of twenty California bighorn (Ovis canadensis californiana) sampled from the Mt. Baxter herd, 11 of 17 peninsular bighorn (O. canadensis cremnobates) sampled in the Santa Rosa Mountains, and all 20 desert bighorn (O. canadensis nelsoni) sampled at Old Dad Peak/Kelso Mountains. Based on an assay and an adsorption technique, the titers most likely were due to Anaplasma ovis. The presence and species of tick vectors in each of the habitats, and the presence or absence of deer or livestock were identified as factors potentially influencing seroprevalence of antibodies.

Jessup, Goff, Stiller, Oliver, Bleich, and Boyce: A RETROSPECTIVE SEROLOGIC SURVEY FOR ANAPLASMA SPP. INFECTION IN THREE BIGHORN SHEEP (OVIS CANADENSIS) POPULATIONS IN CALIFORNIA

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David A. Jessup, Will L. Goff, David Stiller, Michael N. Oliver, Vernon C. Bleich, and Walter M. Boyce "A RETROSPECTIVE SEROLOGIC SURVEY FOR ANAPLASMA SPP. INFECTION IN THREE BIGHORN SHEEP (OVIS CANADENSIS) POPULATIONS IN CALIFORNIA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 29(4), 547-554, (1 October 1993). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-29.4.547

Received: 30 November 1992; Published: 1 October 1993

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