“…Besides domestic ruminants, A. phagocytophilum infection has been identified in cats (Bjöersdorff et al, 1999), dogs (Bellström, 1989, horses (Bjöersdorff et al, 1990), European bison (Grzeszczuk et al, 2003), wild boars (Petrovec et al, 2002), red foxes , donkey (de la Fuente et al, 2005a), small rodents (Liz et al, 2000, Christova andGladnishka, 2005), moose (Jenkins et al, 2001), roe deer (Stuen et al, 2001a), red deer (Petrovec et al, 2002) and humans (Petrovec et al, 1997). Antibodies have also been detected in hare (Lepus capensis) (Groen et al, 2002) and Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) (Ryser-Degiorgis et al, 2005).…”