Impact of tick-borne Anaplasma phagocytophilum infections in calves of moose (Alces alces) in southern Norway

• Published in: Folia Parasitologica
• Main Authors: Ražanskė, Irma, Olav, Rosef, Radzijevskaja, Jana, Krikštolaitis, Ričardas, Paulauskas, Algimantas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Babesia spp; Bartonella spp; Body condition; Calf weight; Co-infections; Straipsnis Clarivate Analytics Web of Science / Article in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science (S1); Biologija / Biology (N010); Emerson; Norway; Alces alces
• Online Access: https://folia.paru.cas.cz/pdfs/fol/2021/01/23.pdf; https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.023

The Gram-negative, obligate intracellular tick-transmitted pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum can cause acute febrile diseases in humans and domestic animals. The expansion of the tick Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) in northern Europe due to climate change is of serious concern for animal and human...