The generation of bluetongue virus reassortants in cattle

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Van den Bergh, Carien
Coetzee, Peter
Venter, Estelle Hildegard

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Pretoria : University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Dept. of Veterinary Tropical Diseases

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Bluetongue is a non-contagious economically important disease of domestic and wild ruminants. The disease is caused by the bluetongue virus (BTV), a double stranded segmented RNA virus transmitted by Culicoides midges (Diptera: Ceratopoginida). The aim was to investigate the potential generation of reassortants in cattle simultaneously infected with BTV field and vaccine strains.

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Poster presented at the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science Faculty Day, August 20, 2015, Pretoria, South Africa.
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Bluetongue, Culicoides midges, Vaccination, Vaccine strains, BTV

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