José Ángel Ortiz-Ramírez

José Ángel Ortiz-Ramírez

Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Ciudad General Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico

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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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31 May 2023 in Pathogens
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JOJosé Ángel Ortiz-Ramírez
José Ángel Ortiz-Ramírez
JRJorge J. Rodríguez-Rojas
Jorge J. Rodríguez-Rojas
JHJesús Jaime Hernández-Escareño
Jesús Jaime Hernández-Escareño
KGKame Galan-Huerta
Kame Galan-Huerta
EREduardo Alfonso Rebollar-Téllez
Eduardo Alfonso Rebollar-Téllez
IFIldefonso Fernández-Salas
Ildefonso Fernández-Salas
Ticks and tick-borne diseases affect livestock productivity and cause significant economic losses. Therefore, surveillance of these pathogens and vectors is paramount to reducing these effects in livestock. This study aimed to identify Anaplasma marginale and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ticks collected from cattle. Molecular biology techniques were utilized to identify A. marginale for both types of samples, i.e., ticks and bovine blood. Serology of cattle using indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) was conducted to determine antibodies to B. burgdorferi s.l. from seven locations in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, between 2015 and 2017. From 404 bovines, 2880 ticks were collected: Rhipicephalus microplus (2391 females and 395 males), Amblyomma spp. (51 females and 42 males) and Dermacentor variabilis (1 female). Rhipicephalus microplus represented the largest specimens captured, with 96.7% within the seven study sites. PCR processed only 15% (442) of tick samples to identify A. marginale. Field genera proportions were followed to select testing tick numbers. Results showed that 9.9% (44/442) of A. maginale infected the pooled tick species, whereas the highest percent corresponded to 9.4% (38/404) in R. microplus. Regarding the molecular analysis of blood samples, 214 of 337 (63.5%) were positive for A. maginale. In each of the seven locations, at least one bovine sample tested positive for A. maginale. Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. was not found either in the ticks or serum samples. Two A.marginale DNA nucleotide sequences obtained in this study were deposited in the GenBank with the following accession numbers OR050501 cattle, and OR050500 R.microplus tick. Results of this work point to current distribution of bovine anaplasmosis in northern Mexico.