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Bluetongue

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000848

An arthropod-borne reoviral infection, chiefly of sheep but also affecting cattle and wild ruminants, characterized by a swollen blue tongue and often by inflammation of sensitive laminae of the feet and coronet.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000848
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
Synonymsblue tongue disease
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoViral diseases of animals and humans; Bluetongue virus; Culicoides; Sheep diseases
TranslationsSpanish: fiebre catarral ovina
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000848",
  "term": "Bluetongue",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An arthropod-borne reoviral infection, chiefly of sheep but also affecting cattle and wild ruminants, characterized by a swollen blue tongue and often by inflammation of sensitive laminae of the feet and coronet.",
  "synonyms": [
    "blue tongue disease"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "viral diseases of animals and humans",
    "Bluetongue virus",
    "Culicoides",
    "sheep diseases"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "fiebre catarral ovina"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/bluetongue/"
}

Record 839 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.