Practice Name:

Treatment of Ephemeral fever in cattle. syn: Three day sickness stiff sickness.


Affected Animal Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name) 1. Bos Taurus and 2. Bubalus bubalis
Affected Animal (Taxonomy) Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular) 1. Gai, gau. 2. Bhais, bhohis
Category Veterinary Care
Disease
Disease Attak Stage
Disease Common Name
Disease Group Rhabdo virus group
Disease Distribution

Innovator / Knowledge Provider Surajbhai Gopal
City / District Amreli
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Amreli
Address Rayadi, Rajula, Amareli
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 365550

PAS_1 Antipyretic activity of leaves and bark Dalberjia sissoo has been studied [Bhattacharya, M., Singh, A. and Ramrakhiyani, C., 2016. Evalution of antipyretic activity of ethanolic extracts of Dalbergia sissoo (Roxb.) leaves and bark. Asian Journal of Plant Science and Research, 6(2), pp.56-59. Accessed at (https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Evalution-of-antipyretic-activity-of-ethanolic-of-Bhattacharya-Singh/07cb2f95ec8cba25be85597b590bd29eef5125a3 on March 28, 2020)
PAS_2 “Anti-inflammatory activity of the 90% ethanolic extract of Dalbergia sissoo leaves” gave positive results [Hajare, S.W., Chandra, S., Sharma, J., Tandan, S.K., Lal, J. and Telang, A.G., 2001. Anti-inflammatory activity of Dalbergia sissoo leaves. Fitoterapia, 72(2), pp.131-139. Accessed at (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11223222 on March 28, 2020)
Agro Ecological Zone Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco- Region (5.3) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujrat Plains And Hills Region (XIII) ,Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra (GJ-6) South Saurashtra (GJ-7)
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs
Disease Description The disease is also caled "three day sickness" because the duration of this mild affection is only three days only. In this disease an animal feels stiff in their joints the standing posture resembles that of an animal suffers from laminitis. For more read (https://veterinaryresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13567-015-0262-4) “BEF is spread by infected insects. The virus has been isolated from a range of potential insect vectors, including a number of species of Culicoides and several species of mosquito. There may be a range of vectors involved in spreading the disease, including some that have not yet been identified.” [http://lrd.spc.int/ext/Disease_Manual_Final/bovine_ephemeral_fever.html]
Disease Control Animals generally recover quickly without treatment, however the disease is responsive to anti-inflammatory drugs
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use According to smt surajba gohel belonging to village Rayadi, in Rajula taluka of Amreli district the remidy for Ephemearl fever is to let the animal inhale the smoke of blackwood (Dalbergia sissoo) bark and white murdah (Terminalia arjuna) for 6 to 7 days.
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Practice ID DTP0010000000429
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Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1915
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