BTV infection in wild ruminants, with emphasis on red deer: A review

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 209-219

  Falconi, Caterina ^a,c   López Olvera, Jorge Ramón ^b   Gortázar, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Territorial Department of Nephrology and Dialysis   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Control; Epidemiology; Europe; Red deer

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLACK TAILED DEER; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS 1; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS 4; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS 8; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS INFECTION; BOVIDS; BUFFALO; CERVUS ELAPHUS CANADENSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOSTRUM; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST; INFECTION CONTROL; LLAMA GLAMA; NONHUMAN; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONEUS COLUMBIANUS; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RED DEER; REVIEW; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SEROTYPE; SPLEEN; VACCINATION; VIREMIA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WHITE TAILED DEER; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DEER; EUROPE; LIVESTOCK; RUMINANTS; SEASONS;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 79960185581     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.02.011     Document Type: Review

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