Cowdria ruminantium

Cowdria ruminantium

The rickettsial species causing heartwater in cattle, sheep, and goats in Sub-Saharan Africa and several islands in the indian and atlantic oceans and in the Caribbean, transmitted by ticks of the genus amblyomma.

Origin: E.V. Cowdry

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