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Re: Schmallenberg virus : new Akabane-like virus in cattle, sheep and goats in Europe
"Only young cows seem to produce malformed calves"
Interesting observation via "Warmwell", excellent website run by Mary Critchley.
She received via email a reaction from Germany: only young cows seem to produce malformed calves.
Older cows apparently are immune.
Important item for research, also for sheep and goats.
"Only young cows seem to produce malformed calves"
Interesting observation via "Warmwell", excellent website run by Mary Critchley.
She received via email a reaction from Germany: only young cows seem to produce malformed calves.
Older cows apparently are immune.
Important item for research, also for sheep and goats.
March 4th 2012 ~ Important opinion from an experienced cattle farmer in Germany
As always, we are extremely grateful for genuinely informed comment.
Extract:
"..Believe me, nothing can beat hands on examination and good experience.
Just one example : Here they enter confirmed cases of SBV into the database without any information about breed, age or farming details so what information should the epidemiologists work with?
In my opinion SBV is not new, has popped up the first time in 2007/2008 and then has been dormant until last year.
The fact that dams of affected calves, at least in our region, are rather young (about 3 years, first-second calvers) while older cows produce healthy offspring should make everybody think. You won't find this information in the computers yet it could be of importance once data for the whole country could be compared."
Warmwell
As always, we are extremely grateful for genuinely informed comment.
Extract:
"..Believe me, nothing can beat hands on examination and good experience.
Just one example : Here they enter confirmed cases of SBV into the database without any information about breed, age or farming details so what information should the epidemiologists work with?
In my opinion SBV is not new, has popped up the first time in 2007/2008 and then has been dormant until last year.
The fact that dams of affected calves, at least in our region, are rather young (about 3 years, first-second calvers) while older cows produce healthy offspring should make everybody think. You won't find this information in the computers yet it could be of importance once data for the whole country could be compared."
Warmwell
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