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Rift Valley Fever is an acute mosquito born viral disease caused by a virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae and the genus Phlebovirus. It is a fever causing virus which most commonly affects domesticated animals, such as cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats and camel. The virus also has the ability to infect and cause illnesses in human beings. Rift valley fever was first reported in livestock by veterinary officers in Kenya’s Rift Valley in the early 1910’s. Rift valley fever exists in most of the sub-saharan Africa, Western Africa and Madagascar, but it is also found in the Eastern and Southern regions of Africa where sheep and cattle are reared. Rift valley fever outbreak was also reported in Saudi Arabia in September, 2000. Outbreaks of rift valley fever increase the likelihood of contact between humans and deceased animals, which can lead to an epidemic of rift valley fever in humans. In 1977, the virus was detected in Egypt and caused a large outbreak in both humans and animals, ...