AHRI report No.23

The Epidemiology of the Bovine Ephemeral Fever in Taiwan 1984

Taiwan Provincial Research Institute for Animal Health. 

At the epizootic of Bovine Ephemeral Fever (BEF) in dairy cattle in 1984, the isolation of the causative virus was first attempted in Taiwan. From the febrile cattle (3 Holsteins and I Hybrid) in southern Taiwan, 4 strains of BEF virus were isolated by intracerebral inoculations in mice.
In the studies on the physical characteristics of isolated virus, the microorganism showed susceptibility to various chemicals and treatments. With the studies on;