RICKETTSIAL INFECTION IN CATTLE - A CASE- REPORT

Authors
HORMANSDORFER S LAST WJ REUSCH A BAUER J
Citation
S. Hormansdorfer et al., RICKETTSIAL INFECTION IN CATTLE - A CASE- REPORT, Tierarztliche Umschau, 50(12), 1995, pp. 822-825
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Tierarztliche Umschau → ACNP
ISSN journal
00493864
Volume
50
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
822 - 825
Database
ISI
SICI code
0049-3864(1995)50:12<822:RIIC-A>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A highly febrile illness with apathy and muscle weakness in five calve s, 8 to 10 days of age, is described. Rickettsia-like organisms, which are most probably Ehrlichia sp. were detected in the cytoplasm of gra nulocytes and monocytes in blood smears stained with May-Grunwald-Giem sa. Examination of 24 blood smears from 12 clinically normal cows and their calves in the same herd revealed 14 (58.3%) positive animals. In 6 cases the cow and its calf were infected. The epidemiology, diagnos is and therapy are discussed.