molecular detection of anaplasma bovis in cattle from central part of iran

anaplasma bovis is a leukocytotropic agent of bovine anaplasmosis and there is no available information about molecular study on this agent in cattle of iran. in this study a total 150 cattle blood samples were collected from central part of iran. the presence of a. bovis examined using light microscopic detection and species-specific nested polymerase chain reaction (nested-pcr) based on 16s rrna gene. of the 150 cattle, 4 (2.66 %) was positive for a. bovis by nested-pcr. these data is the first a. bovis dna presence in cattle from central part of iran.