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Sweating sickness-like symptoms in a cow. (a) Area of excessive sweating (indicated by arrows) represented by glistening on exposure to light; (b) wet skin, matting of hair, and presence of fly (arrow). (c) Haematopinus sp. lice and (d) Haemaphysalis sp. ticks were identified by their morphology and microscopic examination.
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We attended the patient at evening time and observed hyperemic skin and profuse bloody sweating at the neck and shoulder region that made the skin wet (Figures 1(a) and 1(b)). Upon clinical examination, an enormous number of Haemaphysalis sp. ticks, Haematopinus sp. lice, flies, and mosquitoes were found on the entire body surface with majority of them in the tail switch (Figures 1(c) and 1(d)).