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===Bovine petechial fever===
*Caused by ''E. ondiri''
*Disease of cattle in Kenya and other countries of East Africa
*Tick vector
*Clinical signs: intermittent fever, depressed milk yield, petechiation of mucous membranes and conjunctiva
*Death from pulmonary oedema
*Diagnosis: presence of organisms in Giemsa-stained blood smears
*Treatment: tetracyclines
[[Category:Rickettsiales]][[Category:Cattle]]