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NSW LLS urges vigilance for Three Day Sickness

Bovine Ephemeral Fever, also known as three-day sickness, has recently been confirmed in cattle around the Gunnedah area and in the Hunter, so Local Land Services is urging producers in the North West and Northern Tablelands to monitor their livestock for symptoms.

Image: NSW Local Land Services.

Three-day sickness is an insect-transmitted virus of cattle that causes a high fever and pain in the muscles and joints. Recent wet weather has created ideal conditions for an increase of mosquitoes with the potential to spread the virus.

Symptoms include a fever, lameness, recumbency or…

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