Possible death of a buffalo calf (Syncercus caffer) due to suspected heartwater (Ehrlichia ruminantium) : clinical communication
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Possible death of a buffalo calf (Syncercus caffer) due to suspected heartwater (Ehrlichia ruminantium) : clinical communication | |
| Creator | Pfitzer, S. Last, R. De Waal, D.T. | |
| Description | Rickettsial organisms resembling Ehrlichia ruminantium (the causative organism of heartwater) were demonstrated in brain smears and formalin-fixed brain sections derived from a buffalo calf that died on a private game reserve in northern KwaZulu-Natal. The possibility that the tick-free environment of a quarantine boma may have affected the calf 's immunity, is discussed. These findings suggest that monitoring heartwater in wild ruminants and making brain smears as a routine during post mortem evaluations of wild ruminants, should be encouraged. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2004-06-18 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jsava.v75i1.451 | |
| Source | Journal of the South African Veterinary Association; Vol 75, No 1 (2004); 54-57 2224-9435 1019-9128 | |
| Language | eng | |
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