Practice Name:

Ephemeral Fever in Cattle

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
Disease Common Name	3 day sickness, 3 day stiff sickness
Disease Group
Disease Distribution	It has worldwide occurrence.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Lakhabhai Becharbhai Khatana
City / District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	Nanapoliyad, via paliyad, Gadhada, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364001

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Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain (5.1) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra, South Saurashtra (GJ-6,GJ-7)
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	Farmer Lakhabhai Becharbhai Khatana treat Ephemeral Fever in cattle with the help of sisso (Dalbergia sissoo) and Iemmens flower mixture. Lakhabhai Becharbhai Khatem takes a tray and puts burning coals in it. He then puts powder of a hollow stem of sissoo (Dalbergia sissoo) and sprinkles Iemmens flower on the fire. He exposes the restless animal to this smoke. The restless animal returns to normal.
Etiology Causative Agent	Caused by Bovine ephemeral fever virus of Genus Ephemerovirus of Family Rhabdoviridae of order Mononegavirales.
Global Context
Lesson Implication	Infrequently there is diarrhoea and temporary or permanent paresis
Other Medications / Treatments	Vaccination, anti-inflammatry drugs
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000001424
Reference	Bhavnagar-96/11
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1429
Reference	Bhavnagar-96/11
Scout	HBN