Bluetongue is an arthropod-transmitted viral disease of ruminants and certain other animals
that was recognized and described more than 100 years ago in southern Africa. Bluetongue …

Vector-borne animal diseases pose a continuous and substantial threat to livestock
economies around the globe. Increasing international travel, the globalisation of trade, and …

A specific concept of strain was developed in order to classify the BTV serotypes ever
reported in Europe based on their properties of animal health impact: the genotype …

Bluetongue (BT) is a non-zoonotic arboviral disease of certain wild and domestic species of
cloven-hoofed ungulates. The causative agent, bluetongue virus (BTV), is spread through …

Bluetongue is a non-contagious disease of domestic and wild ruminants caused by a virus
within the Orbivirus genus of the family Reoviridae and transmitted by Culicoides biting …

Culicoides biting midges are vectors of internationally important arboviruses including
bluetongue virus (BTV). The ecological constraints imposed by the small body size of these …

Background Host preference studies in haematophagous insects eg Culicoides biting
midges are pivotal to assess transmission routes of vector-borne diseases and critical for the …

The 2006 bluetongue (BT) outbreak in northwestern Europe had devastating effects on
cattle and sheep in that intensively farmed area. The role of wind in disease spread, through …

Bluetongue virus (BTV) is an economically important pathogen of ruminants that is the
aetiological agent of the haemorrhagic disease bluetongue. Bluetongue virus is biologically …

Das Buch bietet einen zusammenfassenden Überblick über die Effekte des Klimawandels
auf die Biodiversität in Mitteleuropa. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Bewertung der beobachteten …