Difference between revisions of "Ehrlichia ondiri"
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Latest revision as of 17:00, 9 May 2011
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