Isolation of the causative agent of heartwater (Cowdria ruminantium) from three Amblyomma species in eight Districts of Kenya

Veterinary Record

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-16

  Ngumi, P N ^c   Rumberia, R M ^c   Williamson, S M ^c   Sumption, K J ^b   Lesan, A C ^c   Kariuki, D P ^a  

^a National Veterinary Research Centre   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; HEARTWATER DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TICK;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; HEARTWATER DISEASE; KENYA; MALE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICKS;

EID: 0031552019     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.140.1.13     Document Type: Article

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