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| Bluetongue virus | |
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| Electron micrograph of Bluetongue virus, scale bar = 50 nm | |
Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Duplornaviricota |
| Class: | Resentoviricetes |
| Order: | Reovirales |
| Family: | Sedoreoviridae |
| Genus: | Orbivirus |
| Species: | Bluetongue virus
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Bluetongue disease is a noncontagious, insect-borne, viral disease of ruminants, mainly sheep and less frequently cattle,[1] yaks,[2] goats, buffalo, deer, dromedaries, and antelope. It is caused by Bluetongue virus (BTV). The virus is transmitted by the midges Culicoides imicola, Culicoides variipennis, and other culicoids.
- ^ "Q&A: Bluetongue disease". BBC. 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
- ^ Mauroy A, Guyot H, De Clercq K, Cassart D, Thiry E, Saegerman C (April 2008). "Bluetongue in captive yaks". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 14 (4): 675–676. doi:10.3201/eid1404.071416. PMC 2570917. PMID 18394296.