Bluetongue disease reaches Switzerland

• Published in: Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde Vol. 150; no. 2; p. 49
• Main Authors: Hofmann, M, Griot, C, Chaignat, V., Bundesamt fuer Veterinaerwesen (BVET), Mittelhaeusern (Switzerland). Insitut fuer Viruskrankheiten und Immunprophylaxe (IVI), Perler, L, Thuer, B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: German
• Published: Switzerland 01.02.2008
• Subjects: Animals; BLUETONGUE; Bluetongue - diagnosis; Bluetongue - epidemiology; Bluetongue - mortality; Bluetongue - pathology; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; Bluetongue virus - isolation & purification; BOVIN; CATTLE; Cattle Diseases - diagnosis; Cattle Diseases - epidemiology; Cattle Diseases - pathology; Cattle Diseases - virology; CONTROL DE ENFERMEDADES; CONTROLE DE MALADIES; CULICOIDES; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC; DIAGNOSTICO; DISEASE CONTROL; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Female; FIEVRE CATARRHALE DU MOUTON; GANADO BOVINO; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_10196; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1391; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_2238; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_2327; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6695; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7558; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_8164; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_9342; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_976; LENGUA AZUL DE LOS OVINOS; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RUMIANTE; RUMINANT; RUMINANTS; SUISSE; SUIZA; SWITZERLAND; Switzerland - epidemiology; VECTEUR DE MALADIE; VECTORES; VECTORS; VIRUS BLUETONGUE; VIRUS LENGUA AZUL; Switzerland
• ISSN: 0036-7281

Since 2006 bluetongue disease is rapidly spreading across Europe and reached Switzerland in October 2007. In the present article a short overview about the disease and the virus is given, and the first three clinical bluetongue disease cases in cattle, and the respective laboratory findings are presented.