They found a bluetongue outbreak in France. How does it spread?
- August 15, 2024
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France reported the sixth blue tongue flash which will affect livestock in eight days, this time in the east of the country, the prefecture of Marne said on Thursday.
He virusWhat transmitted by insects and can be fatal to sheep, cattle and goats, has been circulating in the Netherlands, northern Belgium and western Germany since late last year.
France reported last week first outbreak of the disease bluetongue BTV3 on a sheep farm near the border with Belgium and, including Thursday’s announcement, reported six outbreaks in five north-eastern departments.
Ministry Agriculture said last week it would speed up and expand its vaccination campaign, increasing the number vaccine Farmers will be given 6.4 million doses free of charge, including 1.1 million for sheep and 5.3 million for cattle, up from 4.6 million doses previously.
What is bluetongue virus?
According to World Organisation for Animal Health (OMSA), bluetongue is a non-contagious viral disease that affects domestic and wild ruminants (mainly sheep, but also cattle, goats, buffalo, antelope, deer, elk, and camelids) and is transmitted by insects, particularly the bite of certain species of mosquitoes of the Culicoides group.
On its official website, WHO specifies that the virus that causes bluetongue has been identified as a member of the Reoviridae family.
The organization reported that twenty-four (24) serotypes are different, and the ability of each strain to cause disease varies considerably.
He also clarified that the severity of the disease varies depending on the species: in sheep, the symptoms are more severe than in ewes. cause deathweight loss and cessation of wool growth. In highly susceptible sheep, the incidence can reach 100%. The average mortality is 2% to 30%, but can reach 70%.
What are the symptoms of bluetongue virus?
In infected sheep, clinical signs vary and may include:
- High temperature;
- Hemorrhages and ulcerations of the tissues of the oral cavity and nose;
- Increased salivation and nasal discharge and swelling of the lips, tongue and jaw;
- Inflammation of the coronary artery (above the hoof) and lameness;
- Weakness, depression, weight loss;
- Diarrhea profuse vomiting, pneumonia;
- “blue” tongue due to cyanosis (rare);
- A pregnant ewe may have an abortion;
- In recovering sheep with partial or complete wool loss, wool growth may “stop”.
According to Reuters
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