Meat producers noted a significant increase in ephemeral cattle disease, commonly known as a three-day illness, after receiving significant rain in February.
The virus carried by arthropods, mosquitoes and biting midges is more severe in cattle, bulls, pregnant and lactating cows, and some losses have been confirmed. Some symptoms include short fever, trembling, lameness, and muscle stiffness.
Ephemeral fever is also known as a three-day fever, stiffness disease - a cattle viral disease that is acute in the form of epizootics or individual outbreaks.
He said the virus is likely to be a little more severe this year, as the season has been dry for so long. A representative from the Longreach Veterinary Services confirmed the outbreaks in the central west, in the Longreach and Blackall areas.
Direct speech: “Significant cases have been reported in the Blackall area,” they said. Libby Harriman, spokeswoman for the Great Veterinary Services, Hughenden, said manufacturers in the Muttaburra, Hughenden and Richmond districts were hit hard. “This affects heavier animals, but they will respond to anti-inflammatory drugs,” she said. “If you can treat livestock when it lies, then you need to treat it. "The longer the cattle falls, the less likely it is to get up if left untreated."
Harriman said livestock should be restored if he has access to food and water. She urged manufacturers to vaccinate the bulls for a three-day illness, because after an attack of the disease they become infertile. “Affordable vaccination should be carried out over two injections with an interval of at least two weeks,” she recommended.
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