5312
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- Location
- South Wales
Schmallenberg?
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woodston
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- Location
- Worcestershire
Anyone else having problems with Schmallenberg? (sbv) We had it in 2012 nothing since, but we've been lambing since Christmas and 10% of the lambs have something wrong mainly fused legs. Lambing about 70 now and a similar number in March ( not scanned yet). I'd say it's definitely about!
- Location
- North Wales
Heard reports of cattle in cheshire infected and came across twin lambs yesterday joined with one head. Not mine but 3/4th this lambing. So we assume its in the area.
woodston
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- Location
- Worcestershire
Did you find out what caused it last year? Took some upto the labs Friday, but not expecting the results until the end of the week, had two more since, elongated twisted neck and fused limbs
sheep breeder
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Seemingly there are several different strains around, in 2012 blood samples were taken locally and tested negative and the second part of the sample was tested in Belgium and was positive.
In 2012 we had a type where the ewes got sick and got down with no milk and we lost lambs and after 10 days the ewe recovered,
In 2012 we had a type where the ewes got sick and got down with no milk and we lost lambs and after 10 days the ewe recovered,
No some very strange lambs, least affected would have been badly undershot, worst, fused limbs, small heads. I assumed that there was something else lurking, so @sheep breeder , case of different strains might be behind it. We also had a very high barren rate although all ewes vac against all the usual. first ewes scanned ok this year so fingers crossed. interested to hear what the lab says about yours.
gone up the hill
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- Location
- Devon
We have had a couple with it so far and a neighbour has had 20+ lambs with it ( lambing at same time )
Reports of dairy herds around the coast having quite a few cases as well.
Nothing you can do as currently no vaccine apparently.
Reports of dairy herds around the coast having quite a few cases as well.
Nothing you can do as currently no vaccine apparently.
That's not SBV........
Zulvac is showing on the wholesaler catalogue but unless I try and order some I don't know if there is stock. No one bough any vaccine so I wouldn't be surprised if not discontinued.
Heard of lots of suspected disease, but nothing lab confirmed. We've always seen these deformed animals, people seem to want to blame them all on SBV
llamedos
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There were 2 confirmed cases in ROI
Published Date: 2017-01-08 23:38:59
Subject: PRO/SOAS> Schmallenberg virus - Europe: Ireland (Cork, Laois) bovine, reemergence
Archive Number: 20170108.4748606
Two separate cases of the Schmallenberg virus (SBV) infection have been confirmed in Ireland by the Department of Agriculture.
The cases were found in aborted bovine foetuses, one submitted from Co. Cork and one from Co. Laois
Published Date: 2017-01-08 23:38:59
Subject: PRO/SOAS> Schmallenberg virus - Europe: Ireland (Cork, Laois) bovine, reemergence
Archive Number: 20170108.4748606
Two separate cases of the Schmallenberg virus (SBV) infection have been confirmed in Ireland by the Department of Agriculture.
The cases were found in aborted bovine foetuses, one submitted from Co. Cork and one from Co. Laois
Water Wheel
Member
Will sending a bulk milk sample to AHVLA tell me anything about the Schmallenburg status of my herd ?
Maybe.
If positive then you have antibodies, but I don't know how long they last so we don't know when it happened.
If negative then you don't have recent exposure but have a susceptible herd.
When they first developed the milk antibody test all but 1 of our dairies tested went positive and we saw no real disease on the vast majority. I'm not sure what it tells you. We stopped testing herds after that.
I'm more interested in testing individual suspect lambs or calves, that tells us its active.
Water Wheel
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Thanks, I suppose I should have done one last spring so I would have had a reference point. I'll do one anyway , just curiosity.
Water Wheel
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APHA Schmallenburg Elisa test results bulk milk sample
S/P 145 % S/P > 40 % shown as positive
Water Wheel
Member
That the virus is still around or has been in the last year or two???
I don't know how high the s/p figures go.
That at least some of the cows have some resistance?
llamedos
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Blod
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Mid Carmarthenshire here and mid January one of the vets said she had seen one Schmallenberg calving and plenty of lambs. Her view was it was about as she was seeing too many cases with classic deformities to put down to anything else. Obviously not feeding the info back to APHA though. 