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===Corridor Disease===
 
===Corridor Disease===
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Acute and usually fatal form of East Coast Fever that occurs when T. parva is transmitted from '''African buffalo''' to cattle. Buffalo appear to be asymptomatic carriers and replication of T. parva is restricted within domestic cattle.
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Acute and usually fatal form of East Coast Fever that occurs when ''T. parva'' is transmitted from '''African buffalo''' to cattle. Buffalo appear to be asymptomatic carriers and replication of ''T. parva'' is restricted within domestic cattle.
    
===January Disease===
 
===January Disease===
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Also Known As – '''''Zimbabwe theileriosis''''' – '''''Fortuna disease'''''
 
Also Known As – '''''Zimbabwe theileriosis''''' – '''''Fortuna disease'''''
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Acute '''strictly seasonal''' fatal form of T. parva in Zimbabwe. Occurs only from '''December to May''' due to the distribution of its vector, ''R. Appendiculatus''.
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Acute '''strictly seasonal''' fatal form of ''T. parva'' in Zimbabwe. Occurs only from '''December to May''' due to the distribution of its vector, ''R. Appendiculatus''.
    
Chronic signs such as emaciation and diarrhoea are rarely seen in Corridor disease and January disease due to the short disease course before death.
 
Chronic signs such as emaciation and diarrhoea are rarely seen in Corridor disease and January disease due to the short disease course before death.
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