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Experimental infection studies of uk Culicoides species midges with bluetongue virus serotypes 8 and 9
Author(s) -
Carpenter S.,
McArthur C.,
Selby R.,
Ward R.,
Nolan D. V.,
Mordue Luntz A. J.,
Dallas J. F.,
Tripet F.,
Mellor P. S.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.163.20.589
Subject(s) - midge , serotype , biology , virology , culicoides , ceratopogonidae , virus , veterinary medicine , zoology , ecology , larva , medicine
This paper describes a rapid, standardised method for testing the susceptibility to bluetongue virus ( btv ) of northern Palaearctic Culicoides species midges that can be used to assess the competence of both field‐caught and laboratory‐infected midges. The method has been used to show that Culicoides scoticus can replicate btv serotype 8 and btv serotype 9 strains to more than 3 log 10 tcid 50/midge, the first evidence of the potential of this species to transmit btv .