Zaugg J L, Stiller D, Coan M E, Lincoln S D
Am J Vet Res. 1986 Oct;47(10):2269-71.
The role of ticks and carrier cattle in epizootics of bovine anaplasmosis was further clarified by demonstrating unequivocally, for the first time, that male ticks fed on a chronic carrier cow naturally infected with Anaplasma marginale can transmit this parasite intrastadially and biologically when subsequently fed on susceptible cattle. These data indicate that field epizootics of acute anaplasmosis may be initiated by males of tick vector species that feed on carrier cattle and subsequently transfer to susceptible cattle.
通过首次明确证明，吸食慢性携带牛边缘无形体自然感染牛的雄蜱，在随后吸食易感牛时能够经变态期内传播并生物性传播这种寄生虫，蜱和携带牛在牛无浆体病流行中的作用得到了进一步阐明。这些数据表明，急性无浆体病的野外流行可能由吸食携带牛并随后转移至易感牛的蜱传播媒介物种的雄蜱引发。
