Isolation of Bartonella sp. from sheep blood

David A. Bemis, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Stephen A. Kania, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Abstract

A Bartonella sp. was isolated from sheep blood. Bacterial identification was conducted by using electron microscopy and DNA sequencing of the 16S rRNA, citrate synthase, riboflavin synthase, and RNAase P genes. To our knowledge, this is the first report of ovine Bartonella infection.