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Rotational Grazing Supports Coexistence of the Endangered Pygmy Bluetongue and Livestock on a Productive Agricultural Property. [PDF]
This research assessed the responses of endangered pygmy bluetongue lizards and vegetation structure to set‐stock, rotational and grazing exclusion on a landscape‐scale. The study demonstrated there are potential mutual benefits, economically and ecologically, for landowners and conservationists to implement rotational grazing.
Michael KH +3 more
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Culicoides species involved in the BTV-3 epidemic, the Netherlands, 2023-2024. [PDF]
A high amount of Culicoides‐midges were captured using Onderstepoort light traps on farms with animals infected with bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV‐3) at the beginning of the outbreak in 2023. Species, sex and parity of the captured Culicoides‐midges were morphologically determined and gravid and parous Culicoides‐midges have been selected and pooled for ...
Uiterwijk M +9 more
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Since the outbreak of bluetongue in Northern Europe in 2006, numerous outbreaks involving several serotypes have been observed. Since 2008, compulsory or voluntary vaccination campaigns with inactivated vaccines have been carried out to eradicate these ...
Corinne Sailleau +8 more
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Significant Impact of Schmallenberg Virus in Three Ruminant Farms: A Laboratory Experience. [PDF]
Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is endemic in Europe and other parts of the world and represents an underestimated and underdiagnosed cause of abortion and economic losses for livestock farms. In the present study, we evaluated SBV’s impact on three ruminant farms, in particular, two dairy cattle farms with reproductive problems (including abortions ...
Guccione J +4 more
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A Scoping Review of Viral Diseases in African Ungulates
(1) Background: Viral diseases are important as they can cause significant clinical disease in both wild and domestic animals, as well as in humans. They also make up a large proportion of emerging infectious diseases.
Hendrik Swanepoel +2 more
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Retrospective analysis of the bluetongue outbreak in Serbia [PDF]
Bluetongue, a vector-born disease caused by the Bluetongue virus (BTV) and transmitted by Culicoides biting midges, is considered to be one of the most important diseases of domestic ruminants.
Spomenka Djurić +6 more
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Transplacental transmission of the Italian Bluetongue virus serotype 2 in sheep
In order to study the capability of a Bluetongue virus serotype 2 (BTV‑2) field isolate to cross the placental barrier, 2 groups of 5 pregnant ewes were infected with a field BTV‑2 Italian strain (Group A) or with the same strain passaged once in ...
Massimo Spedicato +12 more
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Transmission of bluetongue (BT) virus serotype 8 (BTV-8) via artificial insemination of contaminated frozen semen from naturally infected bulls was investigated in two independent experiments. Healthy, BT negative heifers were hormonally synchronized and
Kris De Clercq +17 more
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Seroprevalence of bluetongue serotype 8 in cattle in the Netherlands in spring 2007, and its consequences [PDF]
A cross-sectional study was carried out in spring 2007, at the end of the first bluetongue outbreak season, to determine the geographical spread of bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV-8) infection in cattle in the Netherlands and the consequences for some ...
Berends, I.M.G.A. +4 more
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La fièvre catarrhale ovine (FCO), maladie virale transmise par des arthropodes, affecte les ovins et d’autres espèces d’ongulés non africains. Les lésions vasculaires associées à la maladie sont analogues à celles observées chez l’homme lors de fièvres hémorragiques virales, avec un infarctus caractéristique, une hémorragie, une fuite vasculaire, un ...
Maclachlan, N.J. +5 more
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