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'''Life Cycle'''
'''Life Cycle'''
*Incubation phase lasts 1 week
*Lymphoblast proliferation
**Local [[Lymph Nodes - Anatomy & Physiology|lymph node]] first infected then spreads through body
**Occurs in week two
*Lymphoid depletion
**[[Lymphocytes - WikiBlood|Lymphocytes]] killed
**Decreases lymphopoiesis
**Occurs in week 3
*Total incubation period takes about 18 days
'''Diagnosis'''
'''Diagnosis'''
*Clinical signs
**Pyrexia
**Enlarged local [[Lymph Nodes - Anatomy & Physiology|lymph node]]
***Usually parotid [[Lymph Nodes - Anatomy & Physiology|lymph node]] as [[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Ticks of Veterinary Importance|''Rhipicephalus appendiculatus'']] feeds in the ear
**Loss of condition
*Examine Giemsa stained smears of:
**Local lymph node aspirated for schizonts
**Blood smears for pioplasms in red blood cells
*Post-mortem
**Pulmonary oedema
**Gut mucosal haemorrhages
**[[Lymph Nodes - Anatomy & Physiology|Lymph node]] and [[Spleen - Anatomy & Physiology|spleen]] cellular atrophy
'''Control'''
'''Control'''