Equine Abortion Associated with the Borrelia parkeri-B. turicatae Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Spirochete Group

Direct amplification and sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and a variable region of the flagellin gene from fetal liver-associated spirochetes belonging to the Borrelia parkeri-B. turicatae tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete group with a late-term abortion in a mare are described.