title: Equine abortion associated with the Borrelia parkeri-B. turicatae tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete group.
abstract: Direct amplification and sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and a variable region of the flagellin gene from fetal liver-associated spirochetes belonging to the Borrelia parkeri-B. turicatae tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete group with a late-term abortion in a mare are described.
authors.affiliation: California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory-Davis Branch, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA. rlwalker@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Read
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Nordhausen
mesh_terms: D000034:Abortion, Veterinary / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001898:Borrelia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D005333:Fetus / Q000382:microbiology; D005408:Flagellin / Q000235:genetics; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000196:embryology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006736:Horses; D008099:Liver / Q000196:embryology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011247:Pregnancy; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012061:Relapsing Fever / Q000196:embryology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D005408:Flagellin