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African horse sickness was diagnosed in Spain in 1987–90 and in Portugal in 1989, but was eradicated using slaughter policies, movement restrictions, vector eradication, and vaccination. [ 5 ] Infection was reported in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima province in Thailand in March 2020 when 42 racehorses died from an unknown illness ...
Equine encephalosis virus (EEV) is a species of virus the Orbivirus genus, and a member of the Reoviridae family, related to African horse sickness virus (AHSV) and Bluetongue virus (BTV). [ 1 ] First described in South Africa over a hundred years ago by Arnold Theiler , EEV is the causative agent of equine encephalosis ( EE ), an arthropod ...
African horse sickness is related to bluetongue and is spread by the same midges (Culicoides species). It can kill the horses it infects and mortality may go as high as 90% of the infected horses during an epidemic. [58] Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus is closely related and crossreacts with Bluetongue virus on many blood tests.
African horse sickness; African swine fever virus; Agamid adenovirus; Airsacculitis; Alcelaphine gammaherpesvirus 2; Aleutian disease; Alphacoronavirus 1; Anatid alphaherpesvirus 1; Anatid herpesvirus 1; Animal Health Act 1981; Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984; Argentine hemorrhagic fever; Avastrovirus 2; Avian adenovirus; Avian coronavirus ...
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The three economically most important orbiviruses are Bluetongue virus, African horse sickness virus, and Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus, all of which are transmitted by Culicoides species. The genus contains 22 species and at least 130 different serotypes. [1] [2]
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Culicoides bolitinos is an African species of bloodsucking fly that breeds in the dung of the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), the blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), and cattle . [1] It is considered a possible vector for African horse sickness. [2] It is closely related to Culicoides imicola.