Practice Name:

Catarrhal Fever or Cold in Animal

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)	Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Cattarhal fever and cold
Disease Attak Stage	At any age
Disease Common Name	Snotsiecktie
Disease Group
Disease Distribution	Worldwide

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Sonben Dalpatbhai Pandya
City / District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	Talaja , 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	Clinical signs include fever, depression, leukopenia, profuse nasal and ocular discharge, bilateral corneal opacity that can progress to blindness, generalized lymphadenopathy, extensive mucosal erosions and central nervous signs.
Disease Description	Cattarhal fever is severe and sporadic disease of cattle and other ruminant is frequently fatal. The disease has been described in pigs in a number european countries. Sheep are the natural host of Ovineherpesvirus 2. Cattarhal fever is an almost invariably fatal, generalized lymphoproliferative disease of cattle.
Disease Control	Cattarhal fever is controlled by preventing contact between virus carrier and susceptible host. Also controlled by vaccination
Disease Prevention	Prevent contact between virus carrier and susceptible host
Precautions	It is better to understand the causative & predisposing factors and try to control and prevent the occurrence of cattarhal fever.
Procedure of Use	When an animal suffers from catarrhal fever or cold, 300 gram tender leaves of neem tree (Azadirachta indica) and 200 gram oil of sesame (Sesamum indicum) are boiled and allowed to cool and drenched to the animal. This cures the animal of cold or catarrhal fever.
Etiology Causative Agent	Cattarhal fever is caused by two related but distinct viruses, Alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 (AIHV-1) and Ovine herpesvirus 2 (OvHV-2).
Global Context	Wildebeest is the natural host of AIHV-1, infection with this virus is confined to Africa. Sheep are the natural host of OvHV-2, infection with this virus is confined to India.
Lesson Implication	It primarily affecting lymphoid tissue and the mucosal lining of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tract.
Other Medications / Treatments	By vaccine
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000006035
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/2193
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN