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Also Known As: '''''Gall sickness''''' — '''''Gallsickness''''' — '''''Tick fever''''' (Australia) — '''''Tristeza''''' (Portugal)

Also Known As: '''''Gall sickness''''' — '''''Gallsickness''''' — '''''Tick fever''''' (Australia) — '''''Tristeza''''' (Portugal)

Caused by: '''''Anaplasma marginale — Anaplasma ovis — A. ovis — Ehrlichia bovis

Caused by: '''''[[Anaplasmas|Anaplasma marginale — Anaplasma ovis — A. ovis]] — Ehrlichia bovis

==Introduction==

==Introduction==

[[File:Anaplasmosis.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''Rickettsia'' sp. inside tick haemolymph cells (sourced from Wikimedia Commons)]]

[[File:Anaplasmosis.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''Rickettsia'' sp. inside tick haemolymph cells (sourced from Wikimedia Commons)]]

Anaplasmosis is a ruminant disease caused by the [[:Category:Rickettsiales|'''rickettsial''']] pathogens ''Anaplasma marginale'', ''A. ovis'', ''A. mesaeterum'' and ''Ehrlichia bovis''.   

Anaplasmosis is a ruminant disease caused by the [[:Category:Rickettsiales|'''rickettsial''']] pathogens [[Anaplasmas|''Anaplasma marginale'', ''A. ovis'', ''A. mesaeterum'']] and ''Ehrlichia bovis''.   

These rickettsial parasites reside exclusively within the '''[[erythrocytes| red blood cells]]''' of their hosts.

These rickettsial parasites reside exclusively within the '''[[erythrocytes| red blood cells]]''' of their hosts.