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Bluetongue and other Culicoides-borne disease threatening the EU

Reference	BBS/E/I/00000847
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Philip Mellor
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	The Pirbright Institute
Department	The Pirbright Institute Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	131,070
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/12/2000
End date	30/11/2003
Duration	36 months

Abstract

The scientific objectives of this project are: 1. To undertake a comprehensive survey of Culicoides and BT virus-seroconverted livestock in mainland Greece, the entire territory of Bulgaria and European Turkey 2. To identify Greek islands (especially those close to Turkey) which have populations of vector Culicoides and/or which have livestock that seroconverted to BT virus in 1998-99, and to establish the geographic, climatic, telluirc and demographic factors that put an island at risk of vector invasion or recent seroconversion. 3. To map, in detail, the distribution of C.imicola in southwestern Europe and Morocco. 4. To develop C.imicola molecular markers designed to measure gene flow between populations. 5. To identify climatic factors favouring large increase in vector population size in certain years. 6. To assess whether the distributions of vector Culicoides are expanding. 7. To strategically survey southern Italy, northern Tunisia and parts of Spain for C.imicola and other vectors. 8. To identify novel vector species of Culicoides and assess their levels of vector competence and distributions. 9. To isolate BT virus from Culicoides vectors during an outbreak in southeastern Europe.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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