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30.08.2021
BTV4 outbreak in Huelva (Andalusia, Spain)
01.07.2021
BTV4 outbreak in Balearic island (Spain)
20.05.2021
From the 24 to the 28 May 2021, the OIE celebrated its 88th Annual General Session of the World Assembly of National Delegates. This is the first summit to be fully digital and sessions were accessible through livestream.
20.05.2021
An entry risk assessment of African horse sickness virus into the controlled area of South Africa through the legal movement of equids. Grewar JD, Kotze JL, Parker BJ, van Helden LS, Weyer CT. PLoS One. 2021 May 26;16(5):e0252117. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252117. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34038466
15.05.2021
Development of an inactivated combined vaccine for protection of cattle against lumpy skin disease and bluetongue viruses. Es-Sadeqy Y, Bamouh Z, Ennahli A, Safini N, El Mejdoub S, Omari Tadlaoui K, Gavrilov B, El Harrak M.
Vet Microbiol. 2021 May;256:109046. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2021.109046. Epub 2021 Mar 23. PMID: 33780805
15.05.2021
Monitoring of bluetongue virus in zoo animals in Spain, 2007-2019. Caballero-Gómez J, Cano Terriza D, Pujols J, Martínez-Nevado E, Carbonell L, Guerra R, Recuero J, Soriano P, García-Bocanegra I. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2021 May 8. doi: 10.1111/tbed.14147. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33963677
15.05.2021
The Bluetongue Disabled Infectious Single Animal (DISA) Vaccine Platform Based on Deletion NS3/NS3a Protein Is Safe and Protective in Cattle and Enables DIVA. van Rijn PA, Maris-Veldhuis MA, van Gennip RGP. Viruses. 2021 May 7;13(5):857. doi: 10.3390/v13050857. PMID: 34067226
20.04.2021
The EU Parliament and the Council adopted the Regulation (EU) 2016/429 on transmissible animal diseases (“Animal Health Law”) in March 2016. It is applicable from 21 April 2021. The animal health law was part of a package of measures proposed by the EU Commission in May 2013 to strengthen the enforcement of health and safety standards for the whole agri-food chain. As such, it is closely linked to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (“Official Controls Regulation”).Several delegated and implementing acts have been adopted by the EUCommission to make the new rules applicable.
15.04.2021
Putative Novel Atypical BTV Serotype '36' Identified in Small Ruminants in Switzerland. Ries C, Vögtlin A, Hüssy D, Jandt T, Gobet H, Hilbe M, Burgener C, Schweizer L, Häfliger-Speiser S, Beer M, Hoffmann B.Viruses. 2021 Apr 21;13(5):721. doi: 10.3390/v13050721. PMID: 33919269
15.04.2021
An Early Block in the Replication of the Atypical Bluetongue Virus Serotype 26 in Culicoides Cells Is Determined by Its Capsid Proteins. Guimerà Busquets M, Pullinger GD, Darpel KE, Cooke L, Armstrong S, Simpson J, Palmarini M, Fragkoudis R, Mertens PPC. Viruses. 2021 May 15;13(5):919. doi: 10.3390/v13050919. PMID: 34063508
15.04.2021
Transmission of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 8 by Artificial Insemination with Frozen-Thawed Semen from Naturally Infected Bulls. De Clercq K, Vandaele L, Vanbinst T, Riou M, Deblauwe I, Wesselingh W, Pinard A, Van Eetvelde M, Boulesteix O, Leemans B, Gélineau R, Vercauteren G, Van der Heyden S, Beckers JF, Saegerman C, Sammin D, de Kruif A, De Leeuw I. Viruses. 2021 Apr 9;13(4):652. doi: 10.3390/v13040652. PMID: 33918924
15.04.2021
A Duplex Fluorescent Microsphere Immunoassay for Detection of Bluetongue and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Antibodies in Cattle Sera. Drolet BS, Reister-Hendricks LM. Viruses. 2021 Apr 15;13(4):682. doi: 10.3390/v13040682. PMID: 33921013
15.04.2021
Nearly Complete Genome Sequences of Two Bluetongue Viruses Isolated during the 2020 Outbreak in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Vandenbussche F, Bourg M, Mathijs E, Lefebvre DJ, De Leeuw I, Haegeman A, Aerts L, Van Borm S, De Clercq K. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Apr 8;10(14):e00210-21. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00210-21. PMID: 33833026
20.03.2021
Epidemiology and Genomic Analysis of Equine Encephalosis Virus Detected in Horses with Clinical Signs in South Africa, 2010-2017. Snyman J, Koekemoer O, van Schalkwyk A, Jansen van Vuren P, Snyman L, Williams J, Venter M. Viruses. 2021 Mar 2;13(3):398. doi: 10.3390/v13030398. PMID: 33801457
20.03.2021
Toh X, Wang Y, Rajapakse MP, Lee B, Songkasupa T, Suwankitwat N, Kamlangdee A, Judith Fernandez C, Huangfu T. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2021 Mar 7. doi: 10.1111/tbed.14056. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33682298
15.03.2021
Mohanty NN, Hemadri D, Munivenkatarayappa A, Shetty N, Subramanyam V, Biswas SK, Chanda MM, Shivachandra SB.
J Immunol Methods. 2021 Mar;490:112959. doi: 10.1016/j.jim.2021.112959. Epub 2021 Jan 4. PMID: 33412173
15.03.2021
Re-emergence of bluetongue virus serotype 4 in Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) and sympatric livestock in Spain, 2018-2019. Gómez-Guillamón F, Caballero-Gómez J, Agüero M, Camacho-Sillero L, Risalde MA, Zorrilla I, Villalba R, Rivero-Juárez A, García-Bocanegra I. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2021 Mar;68(2):458-466. doi: 10.1111/tbed.13696. Epub 2020 Jul 7.
PMID: 32573968
15.03.2021
Re-emergence of BTV serotype 4 in North Macedonia, July 2020. Flannery J, King S, Rajko-Nenow P, Popova Z, Krstevski K, Djadjovski I, Batten C. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2021 Mar;68(2):220-223. doi: 10.1111/tbed.13900. Epub 2020 Nov 17. PMID: 33108681
15.03.2021
Sero-epidemiological survey of bluetongue disease in one-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius) in Kassala State, Eastern Sudan. Elmahi MM, Hussien MO, Karrar ARE, Elhassan AM, El Hussein ARM. Ir Vet J. 2021 Mar 26;74(1):9. doi: 10.1186/s13620-021-00186-2. PMID: 33771226
15.03.2021
Vaccination With Recombinant Adenoviruses Expressing the Bluetongue Virus Subunits VP7 and VP2 Provides Protection Against Heterologous Virus Challenge. Rojas JM, Barba-Moreno D, Avia M, Sevilla N, Martín V. Front Vet Sci. 2021 Mar 10;8:645561. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.645561. eCollection 2021. PMID: 33778041
20.02.2021
Scientific Opinion on the assessment of the control measures of the category A diseases of Animal Health Law: African Horse Sickness. EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (EFSA AHAW Panel EFSA J. 2021 Feb 3;19(2):e06403. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6403. eCollection 2021 Feb. PMID: 33552302
20.02.2021
Economic assessment of African horse sickness vaccine impact. Redmond EF, Jones D, Rushton J. Equine Vet J. 2021 Feb 1. doi: 10.1111/evj.13430. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33527473
15.02.2021
Within-farm transmission characteristics of bluetongue virus serotype 8 in cattle and sheep in the Netherlands, 2007-2008.Hagenaars TJ, Backx A, van Rooij EMA, Vrouenraets RMMI, Bontje DM, Bouma A, Elbers ARW. PLoS One. 2021 Feb 8;16(2):e0246565. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246565. eCollection 2021. PMID: 33556122