Evidence of Natural Bluetongue Virus Infection among African Carnivores

Evidence of natural bluetongue virus infection among African carnivores.

Bluetongue is an International Office of Epizootics List A disease described as the century's most economically devastating affliction of sheep. Bluetongue (BLU) viruses were thought to infect only ruminants, shrews, and some rodents, but recently, inadvertent administration of BLU virus-contaminated vaccine resulted in mortality and abortion among domestic dogs. We present evidence of natural ...

Natural Bluetongue virus infection in alpacas in South Africa.

Bluetongue virus (BTV) was sporadically isolated over a four year period (2010-2014) from several alpaca carcasses that were presented for necropsy at the Western Cape Provincial Veterinary Laboratory, South Africa. Typically, the a ected animals had a history of acute dyspnoea and progressive weakness before death. Consistent hydrothorax and severe lung oedema in all lead to a preliminary diag...

Serologic evidence of bluetongue infection in onehumped camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Kerman province, Iran

Herein, we presented the first report on bluetongue (BT) disease in 10 pregnant camels in a herd fromKerman province, Iran. All sera samples were tested serologically (AGID, C-ELISA). We also used the Razi-BK cell line, performed primary culture of ovine kidney and inoculated intravenously the embryonatedchicken eggs (ECE) to culture and isolate the BT virus. Efforts to culture and isolation of...

Bluetongue virus infection in India: a review.

The history and epizootiology of bluetongue (BT) in India are reviewed. BT has become endemic in India. The first outbreak of BT in sheep and goats in the country was recorded in 1964 in Maharashtra State. Since then, several outbreaks of BT have been reported in sheep. Exotic sheep are more susceptible than indigenous and cross-bred sheep. A serological survey has indicated the presence of blu...

Growth and persistent infection of African horse-sickness virus in a mosquito cell line