title: Incursion of bluetongue virus into the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia.
abstract: Bluetongue virus was isolated from a sentinel herd in British Columbia. Virus isolation was by intravenous inoculation of embryonated chicken eggs and subculture in BHK-21 cells. The cytopathic agent was identified as bluetongue virus by electron microscopy and the immunoperoxidase test. The serotype was identified as serotype 11 by virus neutralization.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clavijo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Munroe
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Booth
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Roblesky
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001819:Bluetongue / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D001820:Bluetongue virus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001955:British Columbia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*