Which organism is the causative agent of heartwater in ruminants?

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Which organism is the causative agent of heartwater in ruminants?

Explanation:
Heartwater is caused by an obligate intracellular bacterium in the Anaplasmataceae family, Ehrlichia ruminantium. This tick-borne organism infects endothelial cells, leading to widespread vascular leakage and edema, including hydropericardium (fluid around the heart) and pulmonary edema; affected ruminants may show rapid pulse and nervous signs, and the disease can be rapidly fatal. It is distinct from other choices that cause different diseases: Babesia bovis is a protozoan parasite causing babesiosis with hemolytic anemia; Theileria parva causes East Coast fever; Anaplasma marginale causes bovine anaplasmosis. Thus, Ehrlichia ruminantium is the causative agent of heartwater.

Heartwater is caused by an obligate intracellular bacterium in the Anaplasmataceae family, Ehrlichia ruminantium. This tick-borne organism infects endothelial cells, leading to widespread vascular leakage and edema, including hydropericardium (fluid around the heart) and pulmonary edema; affected ruminants may show rapid pulse and nervous signs, and the disease can be rapidly fatal. It is distinct from other choices that cause different diseases: Babesia bovis is a protozoan parasite causing babesiosis with hemolytic anemia; Theileria parva causes East Coast fever; Anaplasma marginale causes bovine anaplasmosis. Thus, Ehrlichia ruminantium is the causative agent of heartwater.

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