Publications by authors named "Diba Dida Wako"
Trop Anim Health Prod
January 2021
Article Synopsis
- In 2016, a heartwater-like disease outbreak in Kenya affected camels, resulting in the death of at least 2000 adult animals, with significant clinical symptoms like excitability and rapid breathing leading to death within approximately four days.
- The outbreak observed a 40% morbidity rate in one herd, with early antibiotic treatment reducing mortality to 7.5%, while untreated cases had a 100% fatality rate.
- Pathological findings included severe organ swelling and fluid accumulation, and diagnostic tests revealed the presence of Ehrlichia species in both sick camels and ticks collected from affected and healthy animals.
