Akabane disease


Left: cerebral defect Right: normal

This is an infectious disease in cattle due to Akabane virus causing abortion and fetal malformations such as arthrogryposis and cerebral defects. This disease is transmitted by blood-sucking insects such as biting gnats. Vaccination is effective. A mass outbreak of this disease in Iwate Prefecture in 1986 (3,230 cases) caused great damage of more than 4 hundred million yen.



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Masanobu Goryo
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Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University., Morioka, 020-8550, Japan