Susceptibility of Bos indicus crossbred and Bos taurus cattle to Anaplasma marginale infection.
The effects of infection with Anaplasma marginale in groups of Bos indicus-Brahman crossbred and Bos taurus cattle aged 27 and 48 months were studied using the parameters of body weight change, packed cell volume, parasitaemia and humoral antibody. Twenty-six animals (8 Bos taurus and 18 Bos indicus crosses) of each age group were infected. No significant differences between any of the groups were observed.
D000709:Anaplasma / Q000276:immunology; D000712:Anaplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004198:Disease Susceptibility