Sentences with phrase «ruminants virus»
With one down, animal - health experts are pondering how to apply the lessons learned to the next target, which could be the peste des petites ruminants virus, which is highly contagious and lethal among sheep and goats.
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Bluetongue virus, a ruminant virus spread by midges that was once confined to tropical areas, has reached as far as Norway.
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Rabies is fatal virus that can infect the brain of small ruminants and humans.
Dr. Kock is a global expert on investigating factors contributing to the epidemic of goat plague, a highly contagious virus known to scientists as peste des petits ruminants (PPR).
... As for possible routes of introduction of the virus, they mention BTV - positive ruminants imported either legally or illegally, virus - carrying midges transported by wind over hundreds of kilometers, accidental importation by ship or aircraft, contaminated vaccines and trade with the products of infected animals... Kampen and Werner conclude that «it is due to continuing globalization rather than to climate change that even central and northern Europe are at risk of new pathogens as well as vectors of disease entering and establishing.»»