Heartwater is a disease of high mortality in domestic ruminants (cattle, sheep and goats) in sub-Saharan Africa and in the Caribbean. An intracellular rickettsia, Cowdria ruminantium, is the cause of the disease and is transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma. Losses due to heartwater are high...
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Peter, T.F.
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O'Callaghan, C.J.
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Medley, G.F.
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Mahan, S.M.
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Perry, Brian D.
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[Biological support for modeling the transmission dynamics of cowdriosis]
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Biological support for modeling the transmission dynamics of cowdriosis