| Experimental infection of South American camelids with bluetongue virus serotype 8. | Bluetongue (BT) is an infectious, non-contagious disease of wild and domestic ruminants. It is caused by bluetongue virus (BTV) and transmitted by Culicoides biting midges. Since 1998, BT has been emerging throughout Europe, threatening not only the naïve ruminant population. Historically, South American camelids (SAC) were considered to be resistant to BT disease. However, recent fatalities related to BTV in captive SAC have raised questions about their role in BTV epidemiology. Data on the sus ... | 2012 | 21862245 |
| bluetongue disease and seroprevalence in south american camelids from the northwestern region of the united states. | in late summer/early fall of 2013, 2 south american camelids from central washington were diagnosed with fatal bluetongue viral disease, an event which is rarely reported. a 9-year-old intact male llama (lama glama), with a 1-day history of anorexia, recumbency, and dyspnea before death. abundant foam discharged from the mouth and nostrils, and the lungs were severely edematous on postmortem examination. histologically, there was abundant intra-alveolar edema with fibrin. hemorrhage and edema di ... | 2015 | 25680921 |