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Molecular Identification of Bartonella melophagi and Wolbachia Supergroup F from Sheep Keds in Xinjiang, China

  • Liu, Yonghong (College of Animal Science, Tarim University) ;
  • He, Bo (College of Animal Science, Tarim University) ;
  • Li, Fei (College of Animal Science, Tarim University) ;
  • Li, Kairui (College of Animal Science, Tarim University) ;
  • Zhang, Luyao (College of Animal Science, Tarim University) ;
  • Li, Xianqiang (College of Animal Science, Tarim University) ;
  • Zhao, Li (College of Animal Science, Tarim University)
  • Received : 2018.01.22
  • Accepted : 2018.08.10
  • Published : 2018.08.31
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Abstract

To confirm that Bartonella and Wolbachia were carried by sheep keds (Melophagus ovinus) in southern Xinjiang of China, 17 M. ovinus samples, which were collected in Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, were randomly selected. In this study, the Bartonella gltA and Wolbachia 16S rRNA gene were amplified through conventional PCR and the sequence of those amplified products, were analyzed. The results demonstrated that Bartonella was carried by all of the 17 sheep keds and Wolbachia was carried by 15 out of them. Bartonella was identified as B. melophagi. Three strains of Wolbachia were supergroup F and 1 strain has not been confirmed yet. It is the first report about Wolbachia supergroup F was found in sheep keds and provided the molecular evidence that B. melophagi and Wolbachia supergroup F were carried by sheep keds in Aksu Prefecture of southern Xinjiang, China. The 2 pathogens were found in sheep keds around Taklimakan Desert for the first time.

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