Mycoplasma haemocanis
Appearance
Mycoplasma haemocanis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Mycoplasmatota |
Class: | Mollicutes |
Order: | Mycoplasmatales |
Family: | Mycoplasmataceae |
Genus: | Mycoplasma |
Species: | M. haemocanis
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Binomial name | |
Mycoplasma haemocanis Messick et al., 2002
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Mycoplasma haemocanis (formerly Haemobartonella canis) is a species of bacteria in the genus Mycoplasma. It rarely causes anemia in dogs with normal spleens and normal immune systems. Clinical anemia can develop when a carrier dog is splenectomized,[1] or when a splenectomized dog is transfused with blood from a carrier donor. It affects many species of canids like dogs and foxes.
References
[edit]- ^ do Nascimento, Naíla C.; Santos, Andrea P.; Guimaraes, Ana M.S.; SanMiguel, Phillip J.; Messick, Joanne B. (September 2012). "Mycoplasma haemocanis – the canine hemoplasma and its feline counterpart in the genomic era". Veterinary Research. 43: Article 66. doi:10.1186/1297-9716-43-66. PMC 3496576. PMID 23020168.