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The blue tongue is an infectious but not contagious disease that we find today in our Belgian and European farms and affecting cattle and small ruminants (sheep, goats, by example). The statement of the FCO is compulsory in Belgium and at the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) due to the fact that it leads to heavy economic losses and significantly disrupt the international trade of animals and products of animal origin.
Caused by a virus transmitted by a “mosquito” of African origin (Culicoides), it was initially considered as an exotic disease but since its “astonishing” appearance in northern Europe in 2006, she became an epizootic disease in our regions.
Initially affecting mainly sheep, with severe clinical signs, it then spread to cattle which clinical signs were less important.
Finally, to irradiate this disease, measured, including vaccination, have been implemented. It remains now to access the cost-benefits of this vaccine and its effectiveness. La “langue bleue”, également nommée fièvre catarrhale ovine (FCO), est une maladie infectieuse mais non-contagieuse que l’on retrouve de nos jours dans nos exploitations agricoles belges et européennes et touchant les bovines et les petits ruminants (moutons, chèvres, par exemple). La déclaration de la FCO est obligatoire en Belgique ainsi qu’à l’Organisation mondiale de la santé animale (OIE : Office international des épizooties) en raison du fait qu’elle induit de lourdes pertes économiques et perturbe considérablement le commerce international d’animaux et des produits d’origine animale.
Causée par un virus véhiculé par un « moustique » d’origine africaine (la Culicoides), elle fut au départ considérée comme une maladie exotique mais depuis sont apparition « étonnante » dans le nord de l’Europe en 2006, elle est devenue une maladie épizootique dans nos régions.
touchant au départ essentiellement les moutons, présentant des signes cliniques graves, elle se répandit ensuite chez les bovins chez qui les signes cliniques étaient moins importants.
Finalement, pour irradier cette maladie, des mesures, dont la vaccination, ont été mises en place. Reste maintenant à évaluer le rapport coûts-bénéfices de cette vaccination ainsi que son efficacité.

Bluetongue --- Bluetongue virus

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Bluetongue virus --- Reoviren. --- Blue-tongue-Virus --- Bluetongue virus. --- Blue-tongue-Virus.

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The third volume in the Institute of Animal Health (IAH) Biology of Animal Infections Series, Bluetongue discusses one of the most economically important diseases of domesticated livestock. Affecting primarily sheep particularly the improved mutton and wool breeds, it is now endemic in Africa, India, the Middle and Far East, Australia and the Americas, and over the last six years has caused a series of outbreaks throughout the Mediterranean region and central Europe. Bluetongue represent a paradigm not only for the other orbiviruses (such as African horse sickness virus, which shares the same vector species) but also for other insect transmitted diseases, including those of humans. * The only single definitive work that provides both historical and up to date data on the disease * Describes the latest developments in epidemiological modelling, molecular epidemiology and vaccine development, as well as explaining the current global epidemiology of the disease * Outlines the importance and possible mechanisms of overwintering, and the impact of global warming on the vectors and virus distribution.

Bluetongue --- Bluetongue virus --- Bluetongue virus --- Bluetongue --- Bluetongue --- Bluetongue --- history --- classification --- metabolism --- transmission --- diagnosis --- prevention and control --- Bluetongue --- Bluetongue virus --- Bluetongue virus --- Bluetongue --- Bluetongue --- Bluetongue --- history --- classification --- metabolism --- transmission --- diagnosis --- prevention and control

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Bluetongue --- Epidemiology --- Bluetongue virus --- Culicoides --- Vectors --- life cycle --- diagnosis --- Disease control --- therapy

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African swine fever virus. --- African swine fever, microbiology. --- Bluetongue virus. --- Reoviruses.