Table 2 Details of the horses included in this study and the respective partial genes of Anaplasma phagocytophilum that were detected in them.

Breed

Age ^a

Sex ^b

Month and year of diagnosis

16S rRNA

groEL

Msp2

Msp4

Pony

20

Mc

Jul 2007

B

b

I

c

Hanoverenian

n. k.

F

Oct 2007

B

b

I

c

Warmblood

6

Mc

Apr 2004

B

b

I

c

Standardbred

8

Mc

Jul 2004

B

b

I

c

Hanoverenian

13

F

May 2006

B

b

II

c

Westphalian Warmblood

11

Mc

Oct 2007

B

b

II

c

Pony

19

Mc

May 2008

B

b

II

c

English Thoroughbred

15

F

Jun 2008

B

b

II

c

Icelandic horse

9

Mc

Jun 2009

B

b

II

c

Friesian

12

M

Jun 2009

B

b

II

c

Quarter horse

n. k.

Mc

Jun 2009

B

b

II

c

Warmblood

9

Mc

Aug 2008

A

a

III

c

English Thoroughbred

11

Mc

May 2005

D

r

IV

d

Warmblood

13

Mc

Jun 2007

S

l

III

s