Bovine Ephemeral Fever in Asia: Recent Status and Research Gaps

• Published in: Viruses Vol. 11; no. 5; p. 412
• Main Author: Lee, Fan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 03.05.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Animals; Arthropods; Asia; Beef cattle; Bluetongue; Bluetongue virus; Bovine ephemeral fever; Bovine ephemeral fever virus; buffaloes; cattle industry; Culicoides biting midge; Dairy cattle; Disease; disease control; Epidemics; etiological agents; Europe; Fever; financial economics; Hypotheses; Infections; Influenza; International organizations; Milk production; Mortality; mosquito; Provinces; Review; Schmallenberg orthobunyavirus; Serology; Vaccination; Vaccines; Viral diseases; Virulence; Viruses; Asia; Philippines; China; Japan; Taiwan; Thailand; Tibet; Indonesia; Europe; Culicoides biting midge; Bovine ephemeral fever; mosquito

Bovine ephemeral fever is an arthropod-borne viral disease affecting mainly domestic cattle and water buffalo. The etiological agent of this disease is bovine ephemeral fever virus, a member of the genus Ephemerovirus within the family Rhabdoviridae. Bovine ephemeral fever causes economic losses by...