Dogs play an important role in the lives of humans, and because of this close contact they share with humans, they can serve as sentinels for infections to humans. Rickettsiae are small, obligate intracellular bacteria ...

The most important tick-borne diseases (TBDs) occurring in Zambia that affect domestic animals, particularly cattle and small ruminants, are theileriosis (East Coast fever and Corridor disease), anaplasmosis (gall sickness), ...