Livestock diseases caused by viruses of the genus Orbivirus in the family Sedoreoviridae, spread by biting insects such as midges. The group holds bluetongue disease of sheep and cattle and African horse sickness of horses, two diseases that are notifiable to the World Organisation for Animal Health. An animal disease belongs here when its cited article names an Orbivirus as its cause, and the group is tied to the seasonal and regional patterns of the insects that carry these viruses.
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Bluetongue Disease (Wikipedia)
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It is caused by bluetongue virus (BTV), a nonenveloped, double-stranded RNA virus belonging to the genus Orbivirus within the family Sedoreoviridae.
African Horse Sickness (Wikipedia)
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It is caused by a virus of the genus Orbivirus belonging to the family Sedoreoviridae.
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