Practice Name:

Cure for Ephemeral Fever

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)	Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Ephemeral fever
Disease Attak Stage	At any stage virus may attacks the animal.
Disease Common Name	3 day sickness, 3 day stiff sickness
Disease Group
Disease Distribution

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Documented by Tamil Version of Honey Bee
City / District	Cumbum
KVK District	Gandhigram Rural University KVK, Gandhigram, Dindigul Dt.
Address	Cumbum ,Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken	Tamil
Vocation	Farmer
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	625520

PAS_1	"Control of Bovine Ephermal fever"https://veterinaryresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13567-015-0262-4
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Eastern Ghats (Tamil Nadu uplands and south eastern sahayadris) and Deccan plateau, hot semiarid eco-sub region (8.1)
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs	Sudden onset, Biphasic Fever , immidiate drop in milk production, depression, stiffness, lameness, nasal/ocular discharges, cessation of rumination, constipation and abortion
Disease Description	It is an arthropod transmitted disease of cattle and water buffalo that spans tropical and subtropical zones of Africa , Australia, the middle east and Asia.From the enzootic sites the disease extends intermittently into temparate zones, causing epizootics of variable severity. The disease has not been reported in North or South America or in Europe. Several closely related viruses can infect cattle, but do not cause disease.
Disease Control	Disease control by control of arthropods, mosquitos and culicoid midges.
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use	A treatment documented by the Tamil Version of Honey Bee involving the use of urine of cows was found to be an effective cure for ephemeral fever in bullocks. <p> In this treatment, urine obtained from cows, leaves of the plants vellaikundumani (Abrus precatorius)</b>, which bears white seeds, and veliparuthi (Pergularia daemia)</b>, are pounded together and fed to the affected bullock. <p> In the case of cows ailing from ephemeral fever, the same treatment is applied with the exception that, in this case, the urine of bullocks or bulls is substituted for that of cows. <p> In another treatment of the disease, kanja (Cannabis sativa)</b> and jaggery are macerated together. The mixture is diluted in hot water and given to the animal. <p> In another remedy, raw rice, field bean seeds, black gram, and horse gram are soaked in water, ground, and then fed to the animal. </p>
Etiology Causative Agent	Caused by Bovine ephemeral fever virus of Genus Ephemerovirus of Family Rhabdoviridae of order Mononegavirales.
Global Context
Lesson Implication	Disease control by control of arthropods, mosquitos and culicoid midges.
Other Medications / Treatments	Vaccination, anti-inflammatry drugs
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	KNW0010000000711
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1283
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN