The Literature Concerning Theileridae of the African Buffalo (Syncerus Caffer)

Abstract

The African Buffalo (Syncerus caifer) has for many years been suspected of being implicated in the epizootiology of East Coast Fever (E.C.F.) or a similar disease. Various investigators and field workers in different parts of Africa have made observations but only in South Africa and Kenya has it definitely been proved that the buffalo can act as a reservoir of an East Coast Fever-like disease.