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AGA - Disease
cards: Bluetongue
Bluetongue virus is an arbovirus (arthropod borne) that naturally infects domestic and wild ruminants, camelids and some other herbivores such as
elephants.
Bluetongue
Bluetongue is a non-contagious, insect-transmitted, viral disease of sheep and wild ruminants. It is not known to affect
humans.
Bluetongue
Bluetongue ( and the related Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease) are caused by Reoviruses that are transmitted by the insect vector Culicoides varripennis and can infect cattle sheep, goats, and wild
ruminants.
Bluetongue
Bluetongue virus is an arbovirus (arthropod borne) that naturally infects domestic and wild ruminants, camelids and some other herbivores such as elephants.
Bluetongue
The virus is present in a broad band of countries extending appriximately between 40°N and 35°S. The bluetongue virus has been shown by serology to be present in regions where the Culicoides vector is present.
Decreto-Lei nº 146/2002. DR 117, I-A SÉRIE de 2002-05-21
Adopta medidas específicas de luta e erradicação da febre catarral ovina ou língua azul, transpondo para a ordem jurídica interna a Directiva nº 2000/75/CE, do Conselho, de 20 de Novembro
Defra, UK - Disease surveillance and control - Notifiable diseases - Bluetongue
Bluetongue is an insect-borne viral disease to which all species of ruminants are susceptible, although sheep are most severely
affected.
Lengua
azul
Virus de la familia Reoviridae, género Orbivirus. Se han
identificado 24 serotipos.
Virus bluetongue
Synonyme(s): virus de la langue bleue; Virus Blue tongue ; Virus fièvre
catarrhale, mouton ; Virus fièvre ovine catarrhale ; Virus maladie langue
bleue.
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