Transovarial passage and transmission of LSDV by Amblyomma hebraeum, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Rhipicephalus decoloratus

Lubinga, Jimmy C., Tuppurainen, Eeva S.M., Coetzer, Jacobus A.W., Stoltsz, Wilhelm H., and Venter, Estelle H. (2014) Transovarial passage and transmission of LSDV by Amblyomma hebraeum, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Rhipicephalus decoloratus. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 62 (1). pp. 67-75.

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Abstract

Lumpy skin disease (LSD), an acute, sub-acute or inapparent disease of cattle, is caused by lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV), a member of the genus Capripoxvirus in the family Poxviridae. LSD is characterised by high fever, formation of circumscribed skin lesions and ulcerative lesions on the mucous membranes of the mouth, respiratory and digestive tracts. It is an economically important disease due to the permanent damage to hides, the reduction in productivity and trade restrictions imposed on affected areas. Transmission has been associated with blood-feeding insects such as stable flies (Stomoxysis calcitrans) and mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti). Mechanical (intrastadial) and transstadial transmission by Amblyomma hebraeum and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus as well as transovarial transmission by R. decoloratus have been reported. In this study transovarial passage of LSDV to larvae and subsequent transmission to recipient animals were demonstrated. The finding of transovarial passage of LSDV in female ticks shows the potential for A. hebraeum, R. appendiculatus and R. decoloratus to be reservoir hosts for LSDV.

Item ID: 47833
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1572-9702
Keywords: transovarial transmission, Amblyomma hebraeum, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, Rhipicephalus decoloratus, tick eggs, larvae, lumpy skin disease virus, ixodidae
Funders: Combating Infectious Diseases of Livestock for International Development (CIDLID), Department of International Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), UK Government, Department for International Development (DFID), Scottish Government
Projects and Grants: CIDLID Project No. BB/H009361/1
Date Deposited: 15 Mar 2017 07:38
FoR Codes: 07 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES > 0707 Veterinary Sciences > 070712 Veterinary Virology @ 50%
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