Back to profile Contact person for... - prof.dr. PA (Piet) van Rijn Pages West Nile virus West Nile virus (WNV) is one of the equine arboviral encephalitides and as such, can cause encephalitis (a serious nervous disease) in horses, which... Sheep pox and goat pox The genus Capripoxvirus, has three virus affecting ruminants: the sheep pox, the goat pox and the lumpy skin disease. Wageningen Bioveterinary... Rinderpest Rinderpest virus (RPV), a member of genus Morbillivirus in the family Paramyxoviridae, causes an acute and often fatal disease in cattle and other... Peste des petit ruminants Peste des petit ruminants (PPR) is a contagious viral disease. Small ruminants (goats, sheep) are animals that primarily pay a heavy price to the... Lumpy skin disease The lumpy skin disease virus is caused by a pox virus of the genus Capripox virus. The genus Capripox virus, has three virus affecting ruminants: the... Bluetongue Bluetongue (BT) is a disease in ruminants caused by an Orbivirus that is transmitted by midges. There are at least 24 serotypes of Bluetongue virus... African horse sickness African horse sickness (AHS) is a highly fatal, non-contagious, infectious disease, of horses, mules and donkeys caused by the AHS virus. Wageningen... Vector-borne diseases Vector-borne diseases are diseases that are transmitted by, for example, an insect (the vector) from one animal to another, or to a human. Midges,...
