Rift Valley fever ... Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an acute arthropod-borne viral disease that can cause severe disease in domestic animals, such as buffalo, camels ...DirectaccesstocontentDirectaccesstoresearchDirectaccesstomenuHome»Diseases»RiftValleyfeverRiftValleyfeverRiftValleyfever(RVF)isanacutearthropod-borneviraldiseasethatcancauseseverediseaseindomesticanimals,suchasbuffalo,camels,cattle,goats,andsheep.RiftValleyfeverisalsoanimportantzoonosisthatcancauseseverediseaseinhumans.ThediseasewasfirstdetectedontheArabianPeninsulain2000,havingspreadoutsideofAfricaforthefirsttime.ThisraisedconcernsthatRiftValleyfevercouldextendtootherpartsofAsiaandEurope.OutbreakshavebeenreportedinSub-SaharanAfricaandEgypt.Diseaseinsusceptibleanimalscanvaryinseverityandischaracterizedbyfever,listlessness,anorexia,disinclinationtomove,abortions,andhighmorbidityandmortalityratesinneonatalanimals.RVFisanOIE-listeddiseaseandmustbereportedtotheOIEasindicatedintheOIETerrestrialAnimalHealthCodeChapters1.1and8.15.Becauseofitslonginter-epizooticintervals,itisalsoregardedasare-emergingdisease.LinkstoCodeandManualTerrestrialcodeCodeChapteronDiseaseTerrestrialmanualManualChapteronDiseasesWhatisRiftValleyFever(RVF)?RiftValleyfever(RVF)isanacutearthropod-borneviraldiseasethatcancauseseverediseaseindomesticanimals,suchasbuffalo,camels,cattle,goats,andsheep.RiftValleyfeverisalsoanimportantzoonosisthatcancauseseverediseaseinhumans.Diseaseinsusceptibleanimalscanvaryinseverityandischaracterizedbyfever,listlessness,anorexia,disinclinationtomove,abortions,andhighmorbidityandmortalityratesinneonatalanimals.TheviruswhichcausesRVFbelongstothegenusPhlebovirus,orderofBunyavirales,familyPhenuiviridae.RVFisanOIE-listeddiseaseandmustbereportedtotheOIEasindicatedintheOIETerrestrialAnimalHealthCodeChapters1.1and8.15. Becauseofitslonginter-epizooticintervals,itisalsoregardedasare-emergingdisease.VectortransmissionandspreadSeveraldifferentspeciesofmosquitoesarecompetentvectorsfortheRVFvirus,andrisesinincidenceofRVFmos