Buffaloes appear to be less susceptible than cattle. The common name is Langadi or Jaharvat . There is an acute rise in temperature. Mostly legs are affected first in the heavy muscles and the animal becomes lame. The tarry fluid from the swellings is drained by surgical lancing.
Healing is very slow.
A vaccine is available . In Nepal this disease was observed to be a major cause of abortions among both buffalo and cattle. Serologic procedures and measures developed for the control of disease in cattle such as culling and vaccination of calves with Strain 19, are also effective means of curbing this infection in buffaloes. In areas where buffaloes are not usually closely confined the collection of serological samples can be an extremely difficult procedure and the aggressive response of normally docile animals to venous puncture may explain the increasing reports from newer areas with better handling facilities. Contact with aborted fetuses may cause undulant fever or Bang's Disease in humans.