East Coast fever

East Coast fever, also known as theileriosis, is a disease of cattle which occurs in Africa and is caused by the protozoan parasite Theileria parva.

[3] The disease occurs in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zambia.

[3] A more acute form of East Coast fever called corridor disease occurs when buffalo-derived T. parva is transmitted to cattle.

Endemic cattle given medication sometimes recover to varying degrees, or death follows due to blocked capillaries and parasites infecting the central nervous system.

[citation needed] One study using the medicinal plant Peganum harmala showed it to have a lifesaving effect on cattle infected with East Coast fever.

Pesticides (acaricides) are applied in dipping baths or spray races, and cattle breeds with good ability to acquire immune resistance to the vector ticks are used.