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  • #76
    Re: Schmallenbergvirus : new Akabane-like virus in cattle, sheep and goats in Europe

    France: Schmallenberg-virus confirmed at 3 cattlefarms and 149 sheepfarms

    16 februari 2012


    The French Ministry of Agriculture today confirmed Schmallenberg-virus in 3 cattle premises together with 55 new sheepfarms.

    The virus apparently reached the centre of France: see on the map departments with the # 16, 36 , 86 and 87.


    Pr?sence du virus de Schmallenberg en France

    16 f?vrier 2012

    La pr?sence du virus de Schmallenberg vient d??tre confirm?e dans 55 nouvelles exploitations ovines et 3 exploitations bovines.

    Au total ce sont 152 ?levages qui sont donc touch?s dans 25 d?partements (02, 08, 10, 14, 16, 21, 27, 36, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 67, 70, 76, 80, 86, 87, 88).

    Ce virus de la famille des orthobunyavirus, qui n?affecte que les ruminants, a ?t? identifi? pour la premi?re fois au Pays-Bas et en Allemagne en novembre dernier. D?autres foyers ont depuis ?t? recens?s en Belgique et au Royaume-Uni.

    http://agriculture.gouv.fr/
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    • #77
      Re: Schmallenbergvirus : new Akabane-like virus in cattle, sheep and goats in Europe

      17 Feb 2012

      Schmallenberg virus poses no risk to humans: OIE

      17 Feb 2012

      A scientific review of the Schmalleberg Virus that is spreading throughout Europe’s livestock sector has indicated that the virus poses no risk to human health, the World Organisaiton for Animal Health has reported.

      The virus was confirmed in Germany in November 2011 and has since spread to herds throughout Europe and the United Kingdom.

      It is transmitted by biting insects and causes miscarriages and birth defects in sheep, goats, cattle and bison.

      The virus' rapid spread since its detection four months ago prompted Russia to ban imports of livestock and genetic material from Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Belgium and France earlier this month.

      Further reports have since emerged that Russia’s state veterinary service, Rosselkhoznadzor, has also extended the ban to include imports of beef from the EU.

      That development has not been widely reported and some European contacts have told Beef Central that while Russia has indicated it may ban beef, questions surround whether the ban on beef had yet been implemented. Russia was the world’s largest beef importer in 2011, taking more than one million tonnes of beef.

      That included about 128,498 tonnes from the EU.

      By comparison, Australia exported 54,088 tonnes to Russia last year, ranking as our fourth largest export market for beef behind Japan, the US and Korea.
      Russia is the EU’s second largest export market for beef behind Turkey.

      European officials have stated that they believe the trade restrictions applied by Russia are unnecessary, as the virus is believed to pose no threat to humans.

      The World Health Organisaiton has reported today that a meeting of scientific experts to review existing knowledge of the virus has found that the risk to human health is negligible.

      The experts also determined that the viraemic period (the time during which the virus circulates in the bloodstream of an infected animal) of Schmallenberg virus is short, and that virus transmission most likely occurs by vectors such as mosquitoes or biting midges, with apparent similarity to the transmission of the bluetongue virus.

      The experts identified areas of priority for research and collection of scientific data which will assist the development of appropriate prevention and control methods of the disease.

      The experts also assessed the risk of the possible spread of the disease through trade.

      They concluded that the risk of disease spread from trade in meat and milk is negligible.

      For semen, embryos and live animals the experts made recommendations for safe trade.

      Russia’s state veterinary service Rosselkhoznadzor has criticised the EU's biosecurity systems in a statement on its website.

      It said the Schmallenberg outbreak had “again highlighted the incompetence” of biological security systems across the EU and within individual EU member countries.

      “Last year there was an outbreak of highly pathogenic colibacillosis and its origin was never established; dioxin contaminated products got into the human food chain two years ago.

      “This novel disease outbreak demonstrates that the European Union is not ready for new threats and risks resulting from new disease agent occurrence.

      “Currently the European Union is facing the problem of development of cheap and reliable diagnostic test-systems, development and production of specific vaccine that on its own requires the research intensification of virus biological and epidemiological peculiarities.”

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      • #78
        Re: Schmallenbergvirus : new Akabane-like virus in cattle, sheep and goats in Europe

        Germany - Current Information on ‛Schmallenberg virus?

        last updated 17th February 2012

        In Germany animals from 607 holdings have been tested positive for ‛Schmallenberg virus? so far.

        The cases occurred in 23 cattle holdings, 558 sheep holdings and 26 goat holdings.

        Affected federal states are North Rhine-Westphalia (12 cattle, 210 sheep, 9 goat holdings), Lower Saxony (4 cattle, 83 sheep, 3 goat holdings), Hesse (67 sheep holdings, 4 goat holdings), Schleswig-Holstein (2 cattle, 71 sheep holdings), Rhineland-Palatinate (1 Bison, 2 cattle, 29 sheep, 3 goat holdings), Baden-Wuerttemberg (1 cattle, 8 sheep, 4 goat holdings), Brandenburg (13 sheep holdings), Thuringia (21 sheep holdings, 1 goat holding), Saxony-Anhalt (16 sheep holdings), Hamburg (1 cattle, 4 sheep holdings), Bavaria (12 sheep holdings), Saxony (17 sheep holdings), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (4 sheep, 1 goat holding), Saarland (2 sheep holdings, 1 goat holding) and Berlin (1 sheep holding).

        The Netherlands, Belgium , the United Kingdom and France have also reported cases of ‛Schmallenberg virus?, mostly in sheep.

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        • #79
          Re: Schmallenbergvirus : new Akabane-like virus in cattle, sheep and goats in Europe

          First Schmallenberg case found in Italy?

          17 feb 2012

          According to a French source the first case of Schmallenberg virus was found in Italy in a goat.

          Not confirmed by other sources yet.

          Virus de Schmallenberg : un premier cas en Italie

          Ce virus qui provoque des malformations chez les ovins et bovins s'?tend ? grande vitesse.Un premier cas de virus de Schmallenberg a ?t? identifi? sur une ch?vre en Italie, a indiqu? au "Nouvel Observateur" le Minist?re de l'Agriculture.

          http://actu.orange.fr/france/info-ob...ur_486788.html
          ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
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          • #80
            Re: Schmallenbergvirus : new Akabane-like virus in cattle, sheep and goats in Europe

            3 cattle holdings

            Schmallenberg virus: further updates on GB testing results

            Schmallenberg virus (SBV) has now been identified in samples submitted from 52 farms across the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Hampshire and Cornwall.

            Due to the increase in reports of SBV identified in France, the areas at comparatively higher risk in the UK have been revised in line with the plume modeling data from the summer which models areas at risk of midge incursion from northern Europe.

            These areas include Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire and therefore an increase in risk for South Wales. The timing of the most dense plumes would have been in late October for this south west region. This is therefore in line with the appearance of deformities in lambs being born now, assuming the highest risk period for lambs is if the mother is infected at approximately one month into gestation.

            The majority of the GB cases of SBV infection have been diagnosed in sheep to date.

            Figures correct as of 17 February 2012


            County Premises with confirmed infection
            (based on clinical signs and virus identification)

            Sheep Cattle Goats Total

            Norfolk 12 1 0 13

            Suffolk 10 1 0 11

            Essex 2 0 0 2

            Hertfordshire 1 0 0 1

            West Sussex 3 1 0 4

            Cornwall 1 0 0 1

            East Sussex 8 0 0 8

            Hampshire 1 0 0 1

            Surrey 1 0 0 1

            Kent 10 0 0 10


            Total 49 3 0 52

            DEFRA

            ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
            Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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            • #81
              Re: Schmallenbergvirus : new Akabane-like virus in cattle, sheep and goats in Europe

              Schmallenberg Virus discovered in Cornwall

              17 February 2012 | By Alistair Driver

              SCHMALLENBERG Virus (SBV) has been identified in South West England for the first time.

              The discovery of SBV on a sheep farm in Cornwall reflects concern among Government vets that the virus could have infected animals across the South West region, and possibly South Wales, last autumn.

              It has recently emerged that much of France was infected last year, including areas close to the Channel, opening up the possibility that infected midges crossed over to South West England in late October.

              Previously, all confirmed cases of the virus that can cause stillbirths and horrific deformities in lambs and calves, had been confirmed to south east England. This was consistent with the theory that infection had come exclusively from midges blown over from northern Europe last autumn.

              That scenario has now been blown out of the water.

              read more - Farmers Guardian
              ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
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              • #82
                Re: Schmallenbergvirus : new Akabane-like virus in cattle, sheep and goats in Europe

                Schmallenberg-virus in Europe - 2012


                GvdH/Flutrackers.com


                This map is based on FAO-Empres data. The latest data are not available yet for the map. Regular updates will be published in this thread.


                Latest update: 17 february 20:25


                Total number of infected premises in Europe: 1,038

                Cattle - 42

                Sheep - 964

                Goats - 32


                Netherlands - 103

                Germany - 607

                Belgium - 124

                United Kingdom - 52

                France - 152




                Source

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                ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
                Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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                • #83
                  Re: Schmallenbergvirus : new Akabane-like virus in cattle, sheep and goats in Europe

                  UK: reported Schmallenberg cases just the tip of the iceberg?


                  Via Mary Critchley who is running the website Warmwell:


                  February 18th 2012 ~AHVLA told him they didn't want the farmer to submit cases because they "had enough samples"

                  A farmer on the front line as far as Schmallenberg is concerned, writes that for most farmers in the vicinity "Phone a friend in the evening and hear what he has to say" is the preferred chain of information.

                  "...Really Mary, the majority of sheep farmers (most of them 60+) are not keen on computers or too much reading.

                  I reported the 4 deformed lambs to my vet who will log them as suspected SBV with AHVLA, but I have not submitted the dead lambs for testing as they were such classic SBV cases.

                  One of my neighbours reported several cases over two weeks ago but was told by AHVLA that they didn't want him to submit them because they "had enough samples"

                  In my area there are many unreported cases.

                  Commercial producers are more likely to report but DEFRA seems to take the view that more tests are unnecessary when it's so clear that this area is affected, just as it was with Bluetongue.

                  I have another batch of 12 ewes to lamb - if they lamb. Most of these were the ones that miscarried in late October, early November. They were all served by one ram again. Unless I have them scanned I won't know if they are in lamb."

                  See also:

                  February 18th 2012 ~ "None of my pedigree colleagues in this area "have the virus".

                  Nobody wants to admit to SBV lambs because the perception out there is that your flock is contagious."


                  More @ Warmwell
                  ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
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                  • #84
                    Re: Schmallenbergvirus : new Akabane-like virus in cattle, sheep and goats in Europe

                    Germany: current Information on ‛Schmallenberg virus’

                    last updated 20th February 2012

                    In Germany animals from 629 holdings have been tested positive for ‛Schmallenberg virus’ so far.

                    The cases occurred in 25 cattle holdings, 577 sheep holdings and 27 goat holdings.


                    Affected federal states are North Rhine-Westphalia (14 cattle, 218 sheep, 10 goat holdings), Lower Saxony (4 cattle, 87 sheep, 3 goat holdings), Hesse (69 sheep holdings, 4 goat holdings), Schleswig-Holstein (2 cattle, 72 sheep holdings), Rhineland-Palatinate (1 Bison, 2 cattle, 29 sheep, 3 goat holdings), Baden-Wuerttemberg (1 cattle, 10 sheep, 4 goat holdings), Brandenburg (13 sheep holdings), Thuringia (21 sheep holdings, 1 goat holding), Saxony-Anhalt (17 sheep holdings), Hamburg (1 cattle, 5 sheep holdings), Bavaria (12 sheep holdings), Saxony (17 sheep holdings), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (4 sheep, 1 goat holding), Saarland (2 sheep holdings, 1 goat holding) and Berlin (1 sheep holding).

                    The Netherlands, Belgium , the United Kingdom and France have also reported cases of ‛Schmallenberg virus’, mostly in sheep.

                    FLI

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                    • #85
                      Re: Schmallenbergvirus : new Akabane-like virus in cattle, sheep and goats in Europe

                      Originally posted by Gert van der Hoek View Post
                      First Schmallenberg case found in Italy?

                      17 feb 2012

                      According to a French source the first case of Schmallenberg virus was found in Italy in a goat.

                      Not confirmed by other sources yet.

                      Today via the OIE the confirmation:

                      Location: Sarmede, Treviso, VENETO province.

                      Species : Goats

                      Susceptible : 6

                      Case: 1

                      ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
                      Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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                      • #86
                        Re: Schmallenbergvirus : new Akabane-like virus in cattle, sheep and goats in Europe

                        Latest update: 20 february 20:40

                        Schmallenberg-virus in Europe - 2012


                        GvdH/Flutrackers.com


                        This map is based on FAO-Empres data. The latest data are not available yet for the map. Regular updates will be published in this thread.



                        Total number of infected premises in Europe: 1,070

                        Cattle - 49

                        Sheep - 987

                        Goats - 34


                        Netherlands - 108

                        Germany - 629

                        Belgium - 127

                        United Kingdom - 52

                        France - 152

                        Italy - 1

                        Luxembourg - 1






                        Source

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                        ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
                        Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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                        • #87
                          Re: Schmallenbergvirus : new Akabane-like virus in cattle, sheep and goats in Europe

                          SBV found in sheep 55 holdings, catte 3 holdings



                          21 February 2012 – Schmallenberg virus: further update on GB testing results

                          Schmallenberg virus (SBV) has now been identified in samples submitted from 58 farms across the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Hampshire, Cornwall and Wiltshire.

                          Due to the increase in reports of SBV identified in France, the areas at comparatively higher risk in the UK have been revised in line with the plume modeling data from the summer which models areas at risk of midge incursion from northern Europe.

                          These areas include Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire and therefore an increase in risk for South Wales. The timing of the most dense plumes would have been in late October for this south west region.

                          This is therefore in line with the appearance of deformities in lambs being born now, assuming the highest risk period for lambs is if the mother is infected at approximately one month into gestation.

                          The majority of the GB cases of SBV infection have been diagnosed in sheep to date.

                          Figures correct as of 21 February 2012

                          County Premises with confirmed infection
                          (based on clinical signs and virus identification)

                          Sheep Cattle Goats Total
                          Norfolk 14 1 0 15

                          Suffolk 10 1 0 11

                          Essex 3 0 0 3

                          Hertfordshire 1 0 0 1

                          West Sussex 3 1 0 4

                          Cornwall 1 0 0 1

                          East Sussex 10 0 0 10

                          Hampshire 1 0 0 1

                          Surrey 1 0 0 1

                          Kent 10 0 0 10

                          Wiltshire 1 0 0 1

                          Total 55 3 0 58

                          DEFRA

                          ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
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                          • #88
                            Re: Schmallenbergvirus : new Akabane-like virus in cattle, sheep and goats in Europe

                            Germany: current Information on ‛Schmallenberg virus?

                            last updated 21st February 2012

                            In Germany animals from 668 holdings have been tested positive for ‛Schmallenberg virus? so far.

                            The cases occurred in 36 cattle holdings, 601 sheep holdings and 31 goat holdings.

                            Affected federal states are North Rhine-Westphalia (21 cattle, 228 sheep, 11 goat holdings), Lower Saxony (6 cattle, 90 sheep, 3 goat holdings), Hesse (74 sheep holdings, 4 goat holdings), Schleswig-Holstein (3 cattle, 72 sheep holdings), Rhineland-Palatinate (1 Bison, 3 cattle, 32 sheep, 4 goat holdings), Baden-Wuerttemberg (1 cattle, 11 sheep, 4 goat holdings), Brandenburg (13 sheep holdings), Thuringia (22 sheep holdings, 2 goat holdings), Saxony-Anhalt (17 sheep holdings), Hamburg (1 cattle, 5 sheep holdings), Bavaria (13 sheep holdings), Saxony (17 sheep holdings), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (4 sheep holdings, 1 goat holding), Saarland (2 sheep holdings, 1 goat holding) and Berlin (1 sheep holding).

                            The Netherlands, Belgium , the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Luxemburg have also reported cases of ‛Schmallenberg virus?, mostly in sheep.

                            FLI

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                            ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
                            Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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                            • #89
                              Re: Schmallenbergvirus : new Akabane-like virus in cattle, sheep and goats in Europe

                              Latest update: 21 february 19:50

                              Schmallenberg-virus in Europe - 2012


                              GvdH/Flutrackers.com


                              This map is based on FAO-Empres data. The latest data are not available yet for the map. Regular updates will be published in this thread.



                              Total number of infected premises in Europe: 1,131



                              Netherlands - 108

                              Germany - 668

                              Belgium - 143

                              United Kingdom - 58

                              France - 152

                              Italy - 1

                              Luxembourg - 1




                              Source and links

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                              ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
                              Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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                              • #90
                                Re: Schmallenbergvirus : new Akabane-like virus in cattle, sheep and goats in Europe

                                Current Information on ‛Schmallenberg virus’

                                last updated 22nd February 2012

                                In Germany animals from 693 holdings have been tested positive for ‛Schmallenberg virus’ so far.

                                The cases occurred in 41 cattle holdings, 620 sheep holdings and 32 goat holdings.


                                Affected federal states are North Rhine-Westphalia (24 cattle, 231 sheep, 11 goat holdings), Lower Saxony (7 cattle, 97 sheep, 4 goat holdings), Hesse (74 sheep holdings, 4 goat holdings), Schleswig-Holstein (4 cattle, 77 sheep, 1 goat holdings), Rhineland-Palatinate (1 Bison, 3 cattle, 32 sheep, 4 goat holdings), Baden-Wuerttemberg (1 cattle, 12 sheep, 4 goat holdings), Brandenburg (15 sheep holdings), Thuringia (22 sheep holdings, 2 goat holdings), Saxony-Anhalt (17 sheep holdings), Hamburg (1 cattle, 5 sheep holdings), Bavaria (13 sheep holdings), Saxony (18 sheep holdings), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (4 sheep holdings, 1 goat holding), Saarland (2 sheep holdings, 1 goat holding) and Berlin (1 sheep holding).

                                The Netherlands, Belgium , the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Luxemburg have also reported cases of ‛Schmallenberg virus’, mostly in sheep.

                                FLI
                                ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
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