Epidemiology of bovine ephemeral fever virus infection in Taiwan

Determinants of bovine ephemeral fever outbreak during 2013, in Qazvin Province, Iran

“…Momtaz et al reported animal level incidence in the province of Khuzestan, Iran, to be higher than what we observed in this study [5], whereas others [21] reported similar findings to ours.…”

Bovine Ephemeral Fever in Taiwan

“…4 The disease incidence rates in successive epizootics dropped from 26.6% in 1967 to 5.6% in 1999, while deaths and culls rose from 5.2% in 1967 to 21.9% in 1999 ( Table 1). The disease course extended from a usually acute self-terminating form 3,12 to a more chronic one 11 in which the prognosis was grave and symptomatic treatments with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and calcium borogluconate were ineffective in curing the affected cattle. Sporadic occurrences in winter months 3 are suggestive of an endemic status or persistent infection.…”

Epidemiology and Emergence of Schmallenberg Virus Part 1: Origin, Transmission and Differential Diagnosis

“…Bovine ephemeral fever virus causes a febrile illness affecting mainly mature animals [80]. The onset of clinical signs is usually rapid: a sudden sharp drop in milk production, loss of condition fever stiffness, lameness, nasal and ocular discharges, periorbital swelling, sialorrhea, tachypnea, dyspnoea, nasal and ocular discharges, depression, cessation of rumination and constipation [77,81,82]. Cows in advanced pregnancy may abort [77].…”