Heartwater infection (cowdriosis) in a sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekei) in Nigeria.
Cowdria ruminantium was isolated from a natural infection of heartwater in a captive sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekei) which died after a short illness in Jos Zoo, Nigeria. The isolate killed laboratory mice in a shorter period of time than did isolates of C. ruminantium recovered from natural cases in cattle. This is the first confirmed case of heartwater in a captive wild ruminant in Nigeria, where the disease is endemic.
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D000866:Antelopes; D001188:Artiodactyla; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D006357:Heartwater Disease; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D012287:Rickettsiaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013987:Ticks