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1 July 1977 STUDIES ON PRONGHORN ANTELOPE (Antilocapra americana) AS RESERVOIRS OF ANAPLASMOSIS IN MONTANA
RICHARD H. JACOBSON, DAVID E. WORLEY, WILLIAM W. HAWKINS
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Abstract

Twenty-six pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana) were collected in an area of eastern Montana where bovine anaplasmosis is enzootic. Their sera were examined for evidence of anaplasmosis by the complement-fixation test. Strong false positive reactions (3 and 4 reactors) occurred for 19 of the sera tested; 6 sera were anticomplementary. Inoculation of antelope blood into anaplasmosis-free intact calves did not produce clinical or serological evidence of anaplasmosis, and anaplasma bodies were not found in stained blood smears of antelope or recipient calves.

JACOBSON, WORLEY, and HAWKINS: STUDIES ON PRONGHORN ANTELOPE (Antilocapra americana) AS RESERVOIRS OF ANAPLASMOSIS IN MONTANA1
RICHARD H. JACOBSON, DAVID E. WORLEY, and WILLIAM W. HAWKINS "STUDIES ON PRONGHORN ANTELOPE (Antilocapra americana) AS RESERVOIRS OF ANAPLASMOSIS IN MONTANA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 13(3), 323-326, (1 July 1977). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-13.3.323
Received: 30 July 1976; Published: 1 July 1977
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