Abstract:
1. Gonderia ovis was noticed in the blood of splenectomized “carriers” of Anaplasma.
2. They were not observed in the blood of non-splenectomized sheep.
3. All transmission experiments to susceptible sheep, and in some instances to splenectomized susceptible sheep, failed.
4. Transmission experiment to a bovine failed, although this bovine was still susceptible to Gonderia mutans.
5. Gonderia ovis in South African sheep, and even in splenectomized sheep, appear to be harmless parasites.
