Sweating sickness in adult cattle.
A Kenyan strain of Hyalomma truncatum was shown to cause sweating sickness in adult cattle in the laboratory. The typical lesions of moist eczema and mucous membrane changes were accompanied by a marked fall in circulating leucocytes with a severe neutropenia. Although all cattle recovered, some suffered a severe clinical disease and recovery was slow. Recovered cattle were immune to toxicosis 1 year later.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D013986:Tick Toxicoses / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*