Figure 3

Confirmation of A. marginale St. Maries strain identity by sequencing msp1a Calf 95079: Blood donor for the in vitro tick feeding system, AF-MG: tick midgut harvested after acquisition feeding, TF-SG: tick salivary gland harvested after transmission feeding, AM secr: Bacteria secreted into the in vitro tick feeding system, and calf 95064: Recipient animal inoculated with recovered A. marginale from the in vitro tick feeding. The start of each repeat is in boldface. Solid underlines represent the St. Maries MSP1a repeat region.