Estudio comparativo de la respuesta inmune inducida por dos tipos de vacunas (VLP e inactivada) frente al virus de la lengua azul en el ganado ovino

Abstract

The Bluetongue (BT) is an infectious, not contagious disease transmitted by midges of genus Culicoides that concerns different species of ruminants. The animals that develop the disease are mainly the sheep, where BT is able to reach high rates of morbidity and mortality. The BT disease does not affect humans, but it receives great importance due to its high power of transmission and diffusion provoking serious socioeconomic and sanitary consequences, which have influence in the international trade of animals and products of animal origin. For all this, BT is included in the notifiable list diseases of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).