Bovine ephemeral fever: cyclic resurgence of a climate-sensitive vector-borne disease
Peter J WalkerCSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences
Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL)
Geelong, Vic. 3220, Australia
Microbiology Australia 34(1) 41-42 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA13013
Published: 20 March 2013
Abstract
Bovine ephemeral fever is one of Australia's most important viral diseases of cattle. It is caused by a rhabdovirus that is transmitted by haematophagous insects, most likely mosquitoes, producing seasonal epizootics that can have serious impacts on beef and dairy production. Since 2008, extreme summer rainfall and extensive flooding have provided ideal conditions for the emergence of large mosquito populations, accompanied by successive extensive epizootics of bovine ephemeral fever. Climate change predictions of the increasing intensity and frequency of alternating droughts and severe La Niña events in Australia suggest there is a need to explore new intervention strategies to reduce or eliminate the future impacts of this costly disease.
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