Stahel, S., et al. “Two Cases of Neorickettsia (Ehrlichia) Risticii Infection in Horses from Nova Scotia”. The Canadian Veterinary Journal. La Revue Veterinaire Canadienne, vol. 45, no. 5, 2004, pp. 421-3, https://scholar2.islandarchives.ca/islandora/object/ir%3Air-batch6-2467.

Genre

  • Journal Article
Contributors
Author: Stahel, S.
Author: McClure, J. Trenton
Author: Pusterla, J. B.
Author: Pusterla, N.
Author: Heller, M. C.
Date Issued
2004
Abstract

Two horses from Nova Scotia were diagnosed with Potomac horse fever (PHF). Polymerase chain reaction analysis was performed on formalin-fixed colon tissue or whole blood to show the presence of Neorickettsia risticii DNA, the causative agent of PHF. These are the first reported cases of PHF in the Maritime Provinces.

Note

Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 56 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3. mcheller@vmth.ucdavis.edu

Canada

LR: 20070221; PUBM: Print; JID: 0004653; 0 (DNA, Bacterial); ppublish

Source type: Electronic(1)

Language

  • English

Subjects

  • animals
  • Horse Diseases/diagnosis
  • Male
  • Nova Scotia
  • DNA, Bacterial/analysis
  • Anaplasmataceae Infections/diagnosis/veterinary
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods/veterinary
  • Neorickettsia risticii/genetics/isolation & purification
  • horses
  • Fatal Outcome
Page range
421-423
Host Title
The Canadian Veterinary Journal. La Revue Veterinaire Canadienne
Host Abbreviated Title
Can.Vet.J.
Volume
45
Issue
5
ISSN
0008-5286

Department