Racloz V, Straver R, Kuhn M, Thur B, Vanzetti T, Stärk K D C, Griot C, Cagienard A
Swiss Federal Veterinary Office, Bern.
Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd. 2006 Nov;148(11):593-8. doi: 10.1024/0036-7281.148.11.593.
Bluetongue (BT) is a vector-borne animal disease of economical importance due to the international trade restrictions likely to be put into place in a country once the infection is discovered. The presence of BT and its vectors in countries adjacent to Switzerland stresses the need of implementing a surveillance system and to raise disease awareness among potential stakeholders. A national survey in Switzerland 2003 indicated freedom of Bluetongue virus (BTV), although a single individual of the main BT vector Culicoides imicola was caught in the canton of Ticino. The survey also demonstrated that potential BT vectors, C. obsoletus and C. pulicaris are locally abundant in Switzerland. Therefore, a new surveillance method based on sentinel herds in high risk areas was implemented in 2004 for the early detection of both an incursion of BT vectors into Switzerland, and potential virus circulation among cattle.
蓝舌病（BT）是一种具有经济重要性的媒介传播动物疾病，因为一旦在一个国家发现感染，很可能会实施国际贸易限制。瑞士邻国存在蓝舌病及其媒介，这凸显了实施监测系统以及提高潜在利益相关者疾病意识的必要性。2003年瑞士的一项全国性调查表明没有蓝舌病病毒（BTV），尽管在提契诺州捕获了一只主要的蓝舌病媒介库蠓。该调查还表明，潜在的蓝舌病媒介，如废蠓和库蠓在瑞士当地数量众多。因此，2004年在高风险地区实施了一种基于哨兵畜群的新监测方法，用于早期发现蓝舌病媒介侵入瑞士以及牛群中潜在的病毒传播情况。
