Congenital infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum in a calf in northern Germany

Abstract: Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a Gram-negative, obligate intracellular tick-transmitted bacterium that replicates in neutrophils. It causes tick-borne fever (TBF) in sheep and cattle, but also elicits febrile disease in humans as well as in other domestic animals such as dogs, horses, and cats. Although increasingly recognized in Europe, the first laboratory-confirmed case of TBF in cattle from Germany has been published only recently. We here present the unusual case of an intrauterine transmission of A. phagocytophilum in a calf from northern Germany. To our knowledge, this is the first report of such an event occurring under field conditions in cattle

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica. 55 (2013), 38, DOI 10.1186/1751-0147-55-38, ISSN: 1751-0147

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Anaplasma phagocytophilum ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Freiburg
• (who): Universität
• (when): 2017
• Creator: Henniger, Thomas ; Henniger, Pauline ; Grossmann, Thekla ; Distl, Ottmar ; Ganter, Martin ; Loewenich, Friederike Dorothea von
• Contributor: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene. Freiburg im Breisgau ; Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Medizinische Fakultät

Further information

• DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-55-38
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-124641
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 15.08.2025, 7:36 AM CEST