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Colonies of Anaplasma marginale in midgut epithelial cells of experimentally infected Dermacentor andersoni were studied in adult ticks 1, 3, and 6 months old. Longevity of the parasite in ticks was assessed by evaluating its infectivity for splenectomized calves; calves were exposed by feeding ticks and by inoculation of tick gut homogenates. Longevity was also evaluated by determining size, type, and density of colonies in male and female ticks. The effect of incubation (2.5 days at 37 C) on colony density was also examined for ticks at each age period. All methods used to assess longevity of A marginale in ticks (tick transmission, calf inoculation, and histologic studies) indicated a decrease of the numbers of organisms in 6-month-old ticks. Furthermore, when tick gut homogenates from 6-month-old nonincubated ticks were not infectious for susceptible calves, incubation of ticks before dissection restored infectivity of homogenates. Colonies of A marginale were detected in gut tissues of 6-month-old ticks that were not infective; therefore, infectivity of ticks could not be confirmed merely by presence of A marginale colonies.
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