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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Ehrlichia ruminantium"”.
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Efficacy of fipronil against Amblyomma hebraeum ticks on boer goats and detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium in ticks in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Heartwater, caused by Ehrlichia ruminantium, causes significant economic losses to commercial small stock farmers, including commercial boer goat farmers in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Heartwater is endemic in this region where Amblyomma hebraeum, the South African bont tick and the …
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Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices of small household farmers towards heartwater disease and molecular characterization of Ehrlichia ruminantium in Limpopo province, South Africa
… on by the obligatory intracellular bacterium Ehrlichia ruminantium. Heartwater disease is one of the major obstacles to livestock production as it affects many livestock animals including domesticated animals such as goats, cattle, and sheep as well as wild ruminants. In Southern Africa, it is …
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Ecology and molecular epidemiology of tick-borne infection in Kachia Grazing Reserve, Nigeria
… several TBI-causing pathogens (Anaplasma spp., Ehrlichia spp., Babesia spp. Theileria spp., Rickettsia spp., and Bartonella spp.) in Nigerian livestock. Firstly, the thesis was undertaken by critically reviewing and updating the existent knowledge of the veterinary and medical importance of …
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Bionomics of vector-borne diseases in sites adjacent to lakes Victoria and Baringo in Kenya
… procedures for detection of VBPs (arboviruses, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Rickettsia and protozoa). Among 445 blood-fed Aedeomyia, Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Mansonia, and Mimomyia mosquitoes, 33 bloodmeal hosts were identified including humans, eight domestic animal species, six peridomestic animal …
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Differential diagnosis of tick-borne diseases and population genetic analysis of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina
… Anaplasma marginale) and heartwater (caused by Ehrlichia ruminantium). Despite their economic importance, information on the epidemiology of these diseases in many countries is often lacking or inadequate, resulting in inappropriate disease control strategies being implemented. The availability …
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Tick-borne haemoparasite prevalence and Theileria parva strain diversity in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) from northern Botswana and Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe
… (Theileria, Babesia, Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species) were identified either as mixed or single infections using the reverse line blot (RLB) hybridization assay from buffalo blood samples in the Chobe National Park (CNP) and Okavango Delta (OD), Botswana and in the Gonarezhou …