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Document Date: Jul/01/2025

A review of bovine anaplasmosis (Anaplasma marginale) with emphasis on epidemiology and diagnostic testing

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Ierardi et al. (2025) highlighted an important aspect of A. marginale infection: "Despite availability of highly sensitive and specific assays for anti–A. marginale antibodies (competitive ELISA) and A. marginale genetic material (real-time PCR), the interpretation of test results for the diagnosis of clinical anaplasmosis in cattle remains challenging."
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