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From: Post-epidemic Schmallenberg virus circulation: parallel bovine serological and Culicoides virological surveillance studies in Ireland

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Sampling design. This SBV surveillance study was conducted in the three years following the 2012/2013 Irish Schmallenberg epidemic; Year +1, Year +2, Year +3 correspond to years one, two and three after the Irish epidemic, respectively. Surveillance years correspond with the beginning of the vector-season (V-1 to V + 3) and end with the drop in the peak of congenital malformations (end of spring calving period) associated with that particular vector-season. Blood samples were collected during three sampling periods (S1, S2, and S3); before (S1) and after (S2) the 2014 vector-season and after the 2015 vector-season. Culicoides spp. were collected on farms during the 2014 vector-season, (V +2)

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