| detection of cowdria ruminantium in blood and bone marrow samples from clinically normal, free-ranging zimbabwean wild ungulates. | cowdria ruminantium causes severe, often fatal disease in domestic ruminants, whereas wildlife species usually are not affected. blood and bone marrow samples from healthy, free-ranging zimbabwean ungulates were taken during translocation from areas harboring amblyomma ticks and tested for the presence of c. ruminantium, using a pcr assay based on the c. ruminantium map1 gene. positive reactions were obtained in tsessebe (damaliscus lunatus), waterbuck (kobus ellipsiprymnus), and impala (aepycer ... | 1995 | 7494060 |