Open AccessEvaluation de la probabilité de transmission du virus de la fièvre catarrhale ovine par le sperme
Author(s) -
Sebastián Napp,
Ignacio GarcíaBocanegra,
Anna Alba,
Alberto Allepuz,
Jordi Casal
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
revue d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux/revue d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1951-6711
pISSN - 0035-1865
DOI - 10.19182/remvt.10067
Subject(s) - semen , virology , transmission (telecommunications) , biology , geography , telecommunications , genetics , engineering
In order to prevent the transmission of bluetongue virus (BTV) by semen, in case a semen collection or a storage centre is located within an endemic zone, the European Union established a ban on the movement of semen. However, there is a series of measures which may be applied to allow the exemption of semen from the exit ban. In order to assess the risk reduction achieved by some of these measures, a simulation model was constructed. In addition, the probability of introduction of BTV by importation of semen from a non-restricted area (exotic serotype) was also assessed.