Transmission of Cowdria ruminantium by Amblyomma gemma from infected African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and eland (Taurotragus oryx) to sheep

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 379-390

  Wesonga, F D ^a   Mukolwe, S W ^b   Grootenhuis, J ^c  

^a National Veterinary Research Centre   (Kenya)

^b Veterinary Research Laboratory Kabete   (Kenya)

^c Hopcraft Game Ranch   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Amblyomma gemma; Cowdria ruminantium; Heartwater; Nymph; Rickettsia; Tick; Wild ruminant

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; FEMALE; HEARTWATER DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PATHOGENICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TICK; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTELOPES; ARACHNID VECTORS; BUFFALOES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; FEMALE; HEARTWATER DISEASE; MALE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICKS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; ANIMALIA; ANTELOPE; BUBALUS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; KOBUS DEFASSA; KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS; ORYX; OVIS ARIES; RICKETTSIA; SYNCERUS CAFFER; TAUROTRAGUS; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX;

EID: 0034875951     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010539705913     Document Type: Article

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