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Epi PQ FINAL Virology > Bluetongue > Flashcards

Bluetongue Flashcards

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Bluetongue is present only in tropical areas

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Rodents serve as reservoirs of bluetongue

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Ibaraki disease is clinically very similar to bluetongue

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Ibaraki disease virus can be used to immunize cattle against bluetongue

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Lameness is a frequent symptom of bluetongue in sheep

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Bluetongue virus can cause bloody diarrhoea in lambs

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Bluetongue is named after cyanosis of the tongue

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The bluetongue virus is vectored by midges/ gnats

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Cattle can carry the bluetongue virus for years without symptoms

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Wild birds play the most important role in the distribution of bluetongue

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In Europe vaccination of small ruminants against bluetongue is mandatory

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Bluetongue virus is also foetopathic

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Bluetongue virus may cause foetal developmental problems

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Lameness and abortion are signs of bluetongue

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Bluetongue occurs only in Africa and Australia

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Bluetongue is transmitted by ticks

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Bluetongue virus is typically vectored by ticks

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Bluetongue can be transmitted by semen

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Goats are more resistant to the bluetongue than sheep

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Goats are not susceptible to bluetongue virus

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Vaccination against Bluetongue results serotype specific immunity

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Bluetongue disease occurs only in Africa

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23
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Bluetongue virus infects also horses and dogs

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Endothelial damages are the most important causes of the clinical signs of bluetongue

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A serotype 8 of bluetongue virus strain caused severe outbreak in Europe in 2006-2009

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Bluetongue outbreaks mainly occur is summer and autumn

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Sheep are less sensitive to Bluetongue than swine.

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Bluetongue causes transient infection in cattle.

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Bluetongue vaccines induce serotype-specific immunity.

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Bluetongue is named after the pseudo-melanosis of the tongue

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Bluetongue also infects horses and dogs

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Ibaraki disease virus immunizes against bluetongue

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Bluetongue disease is present only in tropical and sub-tropical countries

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Wild birds are the natural reservoir host of the Bluetongue virus

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In utero Bluetongue virus infection may result in immunotolerance

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The most severe clinical manifestation of Bluetongue disease is usually seen in goats.

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Bluetongue is an Orbivirus.

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38
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Bluetongue primarily spreads with blood sucking insects

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39
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Bluetongue replicates in endothelial cells of blood vessels

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40
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The causative agent of Bluetongue multiplies in endothelium.

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Bluetongue has 24 known serotypes.

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42
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Bluetongue is an enteral disease of turkeys.

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43
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Bluetongue causes symptoms mostly in sheep and goat

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Bluetongue is not present in Europe.

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Bluetongue causes skin signs in bovine.

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Bluetongue also infects pigs.

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Bluetongue infects all hooved animals

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No long-term carrier stage is observed in Bluetongue virus infections.

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Ruminants and swine are the most important hosts of the Bluetongue virus

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50
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Lameness is one of the clinical signs of Bluetongue disease in sheep.

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51
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Serological cross protection exists between 25 known serotypes of Bluetongue virus

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Ibarki disease is a Bluetongue-like disease in Asia and in America.

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53
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The serotype 8 strain of the bluetongue virus, which emerged in Western Europe, does not
cause clinical signs in cattle.

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