Tick-borne disease — Worldwide/Unknown
A newly discovered pathogenic species infecting goats in China can also affect humans, warn researchers at Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology.
Anaplasmosis, formerly known as gall sickness, is a disease of ruminants caused by several different pathogens in the _Anaplasma_ group. All the _Anaplasma_ species are transmitted by ticks.
The disease results in rapid loss of condition in the infected animal. The most common species infecting goats is _Anaplasma ovis_, and it is
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