First Molecular Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Horses in Mus Province of Turkey

Objective: Equine granulocytic anaplasmosis (EGA) caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a disease that generally develop characteristic high fever and number of changes in blood such as thrombocytopenia. The main transmission A. hard ticks through intrastadially. aim this study was to determine the presence horses Muş province Turkey using molecular methods. Methods: In present survey, samples were collected from 93 horse. Commercial ELISA kit (IgG) nested-PCR performed. DNA extracted analysed technique targeting 16S rRNA gene then positive PCR products sequenced. Results: seroprevalence against 8.6% 6 (6.4%) showed results. sequences had 99.5 100% homology with BLAST published amplicons. Conclusion: To best our knowledge, first data Turkey. This also reveals isolates isolated small region are closely related wide variety hosts.