This is an acute toxicosis of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs due to injection of immunogenic toxins in the saliva of the tick Hyalomma truncatum in South Africa and India.
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Name-giving sweating, lacrimation, salivation, acute dermatitis, stomatitis, and secondary infections. Tick Bites: Effects in Animals.
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(2016). Sweating Sickness. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_3058
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