Ehrlichia - E. risticii

Equine Monocytic Ehrlichia (EME)
Potomac Horse Fever (PHF)
Shasta River crud (SRC)
Ditch fever

Agent: Ehrlichia risticii

Reference: JAVMA 1986:189(1);39-46.

Infected horses
Snail hunters
Snails
Cercaria
Identification and distribution of snail reservoirs of Ehrlichia risticii, the agent of Potomac horse fever by John E. Madigan
Determination of the life cycle and the mode of transmission of the agent of Potomac horse fever (98-02) by John E. Madigan

Spirochaeta and Rickettsia Laboratory

Department of Medicine and Epidemiology

School of Veterinary Medicine

University of California

Davis, California 95616-8737

Phone: (530)752-2371, FAX: (530)752-0414

E-mail: ewderock@ucdavis.edu

Designed by Joon-seok Chae. Send comments and suggestions to:

jchae@ucdavis.edu