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• West Nile virus (WNV)

  West Nile virus (WNV) is transmitted by mosquito species that are present in large numbers in warmer climate areas, but can also be present in areas...

• 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...

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  Within-farm transmission of bluetongue virus in cattle and sheep in the Netherlands

  24 februari 2021 | In 2006 and 2007, sheep and cattle farms in the Netherlands were hit by an epidemic of bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV-8). To gain insight into the...
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  First locally caused infection with West Nile virus suspected in the Netherlands

  15 oktober 2020 | Dutch health authorities reported today that the West Nile virus has been detected in the Netherlands. The patient is a man who had not been abroad...
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  West Nile virus forms serious threat

  15 oktober 2020 | The first case of West Nile virus (WNV) was identified in the Netherlands in a bird in September and in a human medio Oktober. Since then, Wageningen...