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[[Ehrlichia equi]]

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~~===Bovine petechial fever===~~

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[[Ehrlichia ondiri]]

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*Caused by ''E. ondiri''

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*Disease of cattle in Kenya and other countries of East Africa

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*Tick vector

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*Clinical signs: intermittent fever, depressed milk yield, petechiation of mucous membranes and conjunctiva

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*Death from pulmonary oedema

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*Diagnosis: presence of organisms in Giemsa-stained blood smears

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*Treatment: tetracyclines

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===Tick-borne fever===

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