Simple Summary Animals provide food and other critical resources to much of the global
population. Transboundary animal diseases are highly contagious or transmissible …

Biting midges of the genus Culicoides occur almost globally and can regionally and
seasonally reach high abundances. Most species are hematophagous, feeding on all …

African horse sickness was confirmed in horses in Thailand during March 2020. The virus
was determined to belong to serotype 1 and is phylogenetically closely related to isolates …

Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) live with humans, frequently contact other animals
and may serve as intermediary hosts for the transmission of viruses. Free-roaming dogs …

As the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic and the pig farming sector is
concerned with the relentless geographical spread of African Swine Fever, another serious …

African horse sickness: Its emergence in Thailand and potential threat to other Asian countries
African horse sickness: Its emergence in Thailand and potential threat to other Asian countries …

Bluetongue virus (BTV) and African horse sickness virus (AHSV) are widespread
arboviruses that cause important economic losses in the livestock and equine industries …

Bluetongue virus (BTV), the prototype member of the genus Orbivirus (family Reoviridae), is
the causative agent of an important livestock disease, bluetongue (BT), which is transmitted …

Baculovirology has been studied on the African continent for the development of insect virus-
based biopesticides and, to a much lesser extent, vaccine production and delivery, since the …

African horse sickness is a devastating viral disease of equids. It is transmitted by biting
midges of the genus Culicoides with mortalities reaching over 90% in naïve horses. It is …