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A Qualitative Risk Assessment for Bluetongue Disease and African Horse Sickness: The Risk of Entry and Exposure at a UK Zoo

Viruses, 2022
Bluetongue virus (BTV) and African horse sickness virus (AHSV) cause economically important diseases that are currently exotic to the United Kingdom (UK), but have significant potential for introduction and onward transmission.
Elisabeth Nelson, William Thurston, Paul Pearce-Kelly, Hannah Jenkins, Mary Cameron, Simon Carpenter, Amanda Guthrie, Marion England   +7 more
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Bluetongue Disease [PDF]

, 2019
Bluetongue (BT) is a noncontagious OIE-listed disease of domestic and wild ruminants caused by a virus (Bluetongue virus—BTV) of the Orbivirus genus within the family Reoviridae and transmitted by biting midges of the genus Culicoides. BT is a considerable socioeconomic concern and of major importance for the international trade of animals and animal ...
Cappai S., Forzan M., Loi F., Rolesu S., Sghaier S., Petrini A., Savini G., Lorusso A.   +7 more
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Type-specific seroprevalence of bluetongue in India during 2018 and 2019 [PDF]

Veterinary World, 2020
Background and Aim: Bluetongue (BT) is a major disease of sheep and goats and is endemic to India. It is known to cause significant economic losses to the sheep industry.
G. Naresh, Kalyani Putty, Y. Narasimha Reddy, Y. Krishna Jyothi   +3 more
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Development and Validation of an ELISA for the Detection of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 4-Specific Antibodies

Viruses, 2021
In this article, we describe the development and evaluation of a double antigen sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) able to detect serotype 4-specific antibodies from BTV-4 infected or vaccinated animals using a recombinant BTV-4 VP2 ...
Emmanuel Bréard, Mathilde Turpaud, Georges Beaud, Lydie Postic, Aurore Fablet, Martin Beer, Corinne Sailleau, Grégory Caignard, Cyril Viarouge, Bernd Hoffmann, Damien Vitour, Stéphan Zientara   +11 more
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Bluetongue disease in small ruminants in south western Ethiopia: cross-sectional sero-epidemiological study

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Objective The status of bluetongue disease, vectors for transmission of the disease and the serotypes involved are not clearly known in Ethiopia. This sero-epidemiological study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence and associated risk factors of
Temesgen Abera, Molalegne Bitew, Debebe Gebre, Yosef Mamo, Yosef Deneke, Sukdeb Nandi   +5 more
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Further studies on bluetongue and bluetongue-related Orbiviruses in the Sudan [PDF]

Epidemiology and Infection, 1990
SUMMARYThe seasonal incidence of bluetongue virus (BTV) in Central Sudan is related primarily to fluctuations in the prevalence of the vector, Culicoides imicola. Population densities of this midge begin to rise with the onset of precipitation and peak during October, before falling sharply at the end of the rainy season in November. These are also the
M E, Mohammed, P S, Mellor
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Prevalence and risk factors for bluetongue in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2018
Bluetongue (BT), caused by Bluetongue virus (BTV), is a disease that affects ruminants such as cattle, sheep, goats and deer. BTV is transmitted by female midges of the genus Culicoides.
Thaís G. daSilva, Michele S. Lima, Massimo Spedicato, Irene Carmine, Liana Teodori, Alessandra Leone, Maira S. N. Martins, Fernando G. Buchala, Klaus S. Hellwig, Adriana H. deCampos Nogueira Romaldini, Eliana De Stefano, Giovanni Savini, Edviges M. Pituco   +12 more
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Bluetongue

EDIS, 2008
ENY-743, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Walter J. Tabachnick, Chelsea T. Smartt, and C. Roxanne Connelly, answers common questions about this viral disease of ruminant livestock transmitted by biting midges, the virus, clinical signs of bluetongue, economic impact, transmission, diagnosis, cure, distribution, presence in Florida, and prevention ...
Walter J. Tabachnick, Chelsea T. Smartt, C. Roxanne Rutledge-Connelly   +2 more
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Seroprevalence and risk factors for bluetongue virus Infection in ruminants in Northeastern Algeria

Revista Científica
Bluetongue disease is a vector-borne viral infection caused by bluetongue virus, an Orbivirus of the Reoviridae family. Bluetongue virus primarily affects domestic and wild ruminants, with sheep showing the highest clinical susceptibility, followed by ...
Racha Ouachtati, Hassane Benseghir, Abdennour Azizi, Leila Aoun, Mourad Zeghdoudi, Samir Laib, Dounia Ouachtati   +6 more
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Exploring perceptions of and attitudes towards bluetongue disease: A multi-stakeholder interview study in the beef and sheep farming sector in Ireland

Social Sciences and Humanities Open
Bluetongue (BT) is a vector-borne livestock disease caused by the bluetongue virus (BTV), that is currently exotic to Ireland. However, there is potential for the introduction of BTV and in the event of its introduction there is potential for substantial
Ursula Kenny, Sunita Jeawon, Patrick Corkery, Damien Barrett   +3 more
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