Difference between revisions of "Cowdriosis"

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Severe disease of ruminants in sub-Saharan Africa caused by Cowdria ruminantium
Vectors include Amblyomma ticks
Carrier status can occur for up to 8 months in adult cattle and wildebeest
Clinical disease in calves and lambs

Clinical signs
- Incubation period 4 weeks
- Acute fever
- Neurological signs including chewing, twitching of eyelids, circling, high-stepping gait, convulsions and recumbency; can be fatal
- Subacute cases suffer from hydropericardium, hydrothorax and pulmonary oedema and congestion; splenomegaly and haemorrhages may occur

Diagnosis
- Clinical and post mortem findings in endemic areas suggestive
- Orgnisms present in nuclei of endothelial cells in Giemsa-stained brain tissue
- PCR, indirect immunofluorescence, ELISA and western blot

Treatment and control
- Tetracyclines during early disease
- Immunisation using infected blood

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