Attempted isolation of Cytoecetes ondiri from wild ruminants in areas where bovine petechial fever is endemic
1981
Davies, F.G. (Veterinary Research Laboratories, Kabete (Kenya))
Bovine petechial fever (BPF) is found only in Kenya. However, there is some evidence that it may occur on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, where it is known as "bushbuck disease". The significance of the bushbuck as a reservoir host for the causal agent was suggested by the isolation of the agent from the blood of three of five bushbuck killed in an endemic area. There is very good evidence to show that BPF is transmitted by an arthropod vector, but the identity of this is not known. This paper also attempts to define the natural host range of BPF, and the ectoparasites found on the principal reservoir host. The ectoparasites collected from bushbuck were ticks of the Ixodoidea family. Many bushbuck that carried ticks did not have BPF, which tends to support the view that vectors other than ticks are responsible for the transmission of BPF.
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