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The role of wild ruminants in the epidemiology of bovine petechial fever

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

D. R. Snodgrass ,
L. H. Karstad  and
J. E. Cooper
D. R. Snodgrass
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Laboratory, P. 0. Kabete, Kenya
L. H. Karstad
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Laboratory, P. 0. Kabete, Kenya
J. E. Cooper
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Laboratory, P. 0. Kabete, Kenya
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After experimental inoculation of Cytoecetes ondiri, the agent of bovine petechial fever (BPF), multiplication occurred in impala, bushbuck, Thomson's gazelles and wildebeest, as shown by infectivity studies and clinical findings. Similar attempts to infect one eland failed.

As a sequel to this, blood and spleen samples were collected from four species of wild ruminants in an area where BPF was endemic. Isolations of C. ondiri were made from three of five bushbuck, but not from any other species.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 74 , Issue 2 , April 1975 , pp. 245 - 250
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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