Clinical syndromes associated with the circulation of multiple serotypes of bluetongue virus in dairy cattle in Israel

• Published in: Veterinary record Vol. 169; no. 15; p. 389
• Main Authors: Brenner, J., Batten, C., Yadin, H., Bumbarov, V., Friedgut, O., Rotenberg, D., Golender, N., Oura, C. A. L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Group Group Ltd 08.10.2011; BMJ Publishing Group Limited; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Animal lactation; Animals; Antibodies; bluetongue; Bluetongue - pathology; Bluetongue - virology; Bluetongue virus; Bluetongue virus - classification; Cattle; cattle diseases; Cattle Diseases - pathology; Cattle Diseases - virology; Dairy cattle; Dairy farms; Dairying; Diagnosis, Differential; Edema; Epidemics; epizootic hemorrhagic disease; Female; Fever; Foot & mouth disease; Infections; Israel; Laboratories; Milk; Mortality; Pathogens; serotypes; Serotyping - veterinary; Sheep; sheep diseases; signs and symptoms (animals and humans); Syndrome; Viruses; Israel; Europe
• ISSN: 0042-4900; 2042-7670; 2042-7670
• DOI: 10.1136/vr.d4629

From 2008 to 2011, seven distinct bluetongue virus (BTV) serotypes (BTV-2, BTV-4, BTV-5, BTV-8, BTV-15, BTV-16 and BTV-24) have been identified to be circulating in diseased sheep and cattle in Israel. This paper describes the array of clinical manifestations caused by BTV in cattle in Israel. Each set of clinical manifestations has been categorised as a syndrome and six distinct clinical syndromes have been observed in dairy cattle: ‘footrot-like syndrome’, ‘sore nose syndrome’, ‘subcutaneous emphysema syndrome’, ‘red/rough udder syndrome’, ‘bluetongue/epizootic haemorrhagic disease systemic syndrome’ and ‘maladjustment syndrome’.