Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (4): 881-890.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2021.04.004

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Global Distribution of Bluetongue

LI Maolin1,2, ZHANG Qijin2*, XU Qingyuan1*   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150069, China;
    2. College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China
  • Received:2020-06-08 Online:2021-04-23 Published:2021-04-25

Abstract: Bluetongue is listed as one of the notifiable diseases by OIE, and it is classified as type “A” animal diseases by the Chinese government. It has caused huge economic losses to most of the epidemic areas in the world. This disease was first identified in China in 1979, and in the early years of the epidemic of bluetongue disease, it caused great economic losses to animal husbandry because many susceptible animals died. However, bluetongue disease is still an unpopular research direction in China. it is not very clear to many veterinary workers that how many serotypes of bluetongue virus have been isolated and identified in China and how widespread the disease is in China. Especially in recent years, there are few reports of bluetongue disease leading to animal morbidity and death, and people’s attention to bluetongue disease has further decreased. This article briefly describes the prevalence of bluetongue disease in the world, and reviews the 40-year prevalence of bluetongue disease in China, hoping that the disease can attract enough attention.

Key words: bluetongue, epidemic surveillance, virus isolation, epidemic of disease

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