heartwater disease

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• heartwater — heart·wa·ter härt .wȯt ər, .wät n a serious febrile disease of sheep, goats, and cattle in southern Africa that is caused by a bacterium of the genus Cowdria (C. ruminantium) transmitted by a bont tick (Amblyomma hebraeum) called also heartwater …   Medical dictionary

• heartwater — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: so called from the accumulation of fluid in the pericardium : a serious febrile disease of sheep, goats, and cattle in southern Africa caused by a rickettsial microorganism (Cowdria ruminantium) transmitted by a… …   Useful english dictionary

• veld disease — veldt disease heartwater …   Medical dictionary

• bont tick — ˈbänt noun Etymology: Afrikaans bont spotted + English tick more at bontebok : a southern African tick (Amblyomma hebraeum) attacking livestock, birds, and sometimes man and transmitting heartwater disease of sheep, goats, and cattle; broadly :… …   Useful english dictionary

• cowdria — ˈkau̇drēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Edmund V. Cowdry b1888 American scientist + New Latin ia : a genus of small pleomorphic intracellular rickettsias known chiefly from ticks but including the causative organism (C.… …   Useful english dictionary

• Cowdria ruminantium — Heartwater Scientific classification Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Alpha Proteobacteria …   Wikipedia

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