Spatial Transmission Characteristics of the Bluetongue Virus Serotype 3 Epidemic in The Netherlands, 2023
A devastating bluetongue (BT) epidemic caused by bluetongue virus serotype 3 (BTV-3) has spread throughout most of the Netherlands within two months since the first infection was officially confirmed in the beginning of September 2023. The epidemic comes with unusually strong suffering of infected cattle through severe lameness, often resulting in mortality or euthanisation for welfare reasons. In total, tens of thousands of sheep have died or had to be euthanised. By October 2023, more than 2200 locations with ruminant livestock were officially identified to be infected with BTV-3, and additi... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | article/Letter to editor |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
Schlagwörter: | BTV-3 / bluetongue / spatial kernel / spatial spread / transmission |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29206138 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/spatial-transmission-characteristics-of-the-bluetongue-virus-sero |