“…The involvement of genetic diversity in the immune evasion of B. bovis is well documented in the literature (Berens et al, 2005;Leroith et al, 2005). Consequently, the genetic diversity among the MSA genes has been studied in several endemic countries (Altangeral et al, 2012;Berens et al, 2005;Borgonio et al, 2008;Genis et al, 2008Genis et al, , 2009Leroith et al, 2005;Molad et al, 2014;Nagano et al, 2013;Sivakumar et al, 2013b;Tattiyapong et al, 2014). Almost all these studies invariably focused on the genetic diversity of the MSA genes of B. bovis derived from cattle, whereas B. bovis in buffaloes has rarely been investigated, although this host species is considered to play a significant role in its epidemiology (da Silva et al, 2013;Elsify et al, 2015;He et al, 2012;Sivakumar et al, 2013a).…”