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African horse sickness (AHS) is a highly infectious and often fatal disease caused by African horse sickness virus. It commonly affects horses , mules , and donkeys . It is caused by a virus of the genus Orbivirus belonging to the family Reoviridae .
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 ...
H. dromedarii can carry the African Horse Sickness Virus. Awad et al. 1981 and Salma et al. 1987 isolated the virus from individuals in Egypt, and find indications that they may vector it between horses. Awad further found it is transmitted transstadially, larva → nymph and nymph → adult, but not vertically. [4]
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]
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 ...
Various Culicoides species have been shown to be vectors for the following viruses and conditions: Mansonella spp. (M. ozzardi, M. perstans, M. streptocerca), Onchocerca gibsoni and O. cervicalis, Leucocytozoon, Plasmodium agamae, bluetongue virus, Oropouche virus, Schmallenberg virus, African horse sickness, bovine ephemeral fever (C. osystoma ...
African horse sickness; From scientific name of a virus: This is a redirect from a scientific name of a virus (or group of viruses) to a vernacular ("common") name.
Many species of flies of the two-winged type, Order Diptera, such as mosquitoes, horse-flies, blow-flies and warble-flies, cause direct parasitic disease to domestic animals, and transmit organisms that cause diseases. These infestations and infections cause distress to companion animals, and in livestock industry the financial costs of these ...