Louping ill

Louping ill

Taxobox
name = "Louping ill virus"
virus_group = iv
familia = "Flaviviridae"
genus = "Flavivirus"
species = "Louping ill virus"

Louping-ill (also known as Ovine Encephalomyelitis, Infectious Encephalomyelitis of Sheep, Trembling-ill) is an acute viral disease primarily of sheep that is characterized by a biphasic fever, depression, ataxia, muscular incoordination, tremors, posterior paralysis, coma, and death. Louping-ill is a tick-transmitted disease whose occurrence is closely related to the distribution of the primary vector, the sheep tick "Ixodes ricinus".

Etiology

Louping ill is caused by RNA virus called Louping ill virus. Louping ill virus belongs to genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae.

References

*citation|author=Committee on Foreign Animal Diseases of the United States Animal Health Association|title=Foreign Animal Diseases |publisher=Pat Campbell & Assoc/Carter Printing Co |year=1998 |isbn=0-08-615213-0 | url = http://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/gray_book02/fad/loi.php
*citation | title = Louping ill | publisher = Center for Food Security and Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University | date = 2005-08-05 | format = pdf | url = http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Factsheets/pdfs/louping_ill.pdf


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