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This disease in endemic in Kenya and is caused by the blood parasite Ehrlichia ondiri. It is transmitted by an unknown arthropod vector from the bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus. The signs are petechial and ecchymotic haemorrhages on all the mucus membranes. There is some immunity as the disease only seems to infect animals brought into endemic areas. The treatment is with oxytetracyclines.