Trends in the control of heartwater : tick-borne diseases

Heartwater is an economically serious tick-borne disease of ruminants caused by the intracellular bacterium Ehrlichia ruminantium. The disease has traditionally been controlled by four different approaches : controlling the tick vector by dipping, establishing endemic stability, performing immun...

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Main Author: B.A. Allsopp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2009-09-01
Series:Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
Online Access:https://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/69