Akabane method in lambago.

Akabane Disease in Cattle

Akabane is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes and biting midges that affects cattle and less frequently sheep and goats. It is also commonly known as “curly calf disease” due to the deformities it can cause in foetuses when cows are infected with the virus during pregnancy. The stage of pregnancy during which the cow is infected determines the range and severity of clinical signs seen. C...

Akabane Disease

Akabane disease is a viral disease of ruminants that is mainly characterized by fetal damage. Inapparent infections in adults can lead months later to abortions, stillbirths and congenital defects in newborns. Most affected neonates die or must be euthanized. Before vaccines were developed, Akabane disease caused significant economic losses in some countries. Between 1972 and 1975, this virus r...

Akabane virus infection.

Akabane virus is a Culicoides-borne orthobunyavirus that is teratogenic to the fetus of cattle and small ruminant species. Depending upon the stage of gestation atwhich infection occurs, and the length of gestation of the mammalian host, a range of congenital defects may be observed. The developing central nervous system is usually the most severely affected, with hydranencephaly and arthrogryp...

Akabane and Schmallenberg Diseases: Similarities and Differences

The article describes the characteristics of Schmallenberg and Akabane viruses that cause disease in cattle, sheep and goats. Сlinical symptoms of the diseases are described. The measures for the prevention, control and eradication of Schmallenberg and Akabane viruses are discussed. Despite the relationship of Schmallenberg and Akabane viruses and a similarity of the clinical picture and pathol...

Akabane viral encephalitis in calves in South Korea.