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| | [[Ehrlichia equi]] | | [[Ehrlichia equi]] |
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| − | ===Bovine petechial fever===
| + | [[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=== | | ===Tick-borne fever=== |
