Sweating sickness (cattle)

Sweating sickness is "an acute, febrile, tickborne toxicosis characterized mainly by a profuse, moist eczema and hyperemia of the skin and visible mucous membranes."[1] It affects cattle, mainly calves,[2] mostly in southern and eastern Africa. It is caused by toxins that develop in some ticks of the Hyalomma truncatum species.[3]

References
  1. The Merck Veterinary Manual, "Sweating Sickness: Introduction"
  2. The Free Dictionary, "Sweating sickness"
  3. The Merck Veterinary Manual, "Sweating Sickness: Introduction"
  4. "Overview of Sweating Sickness".
  5. "Sweating sickness: the present state of our knowledge" (PDF). Onderstepoort journal of Veterinary Research.
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