Ehrlichia ondiri

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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