Bluetongue disease
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"Bluetongue" redirects here. For the lizard, see Blue-tongued lizard.
Bluetongue disease is a noncontagious, insect-borne, viral disease of ruminants, mainly sheep and less frequently cattle,[1] yaks,[2] goats, buffalo, deer, dromedaries, and antelope. It is caused by Bluetongue virus (BTV). The virus is transmitted by the midges Culicoides imicola, Culicoides variipennis, and other culicoids.
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Bluetongue virus | |
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Electron micrograph of Bluetongue virus, cale bar = 50 nm | |
Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Duplornaviricota |
Class: | Resentoviricetes |
Order: | Reovirales |
Family: | Sedoreoviridae |
Genus: | Orbivirus |
Species: | Bluetongue virus |
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