- Location
- South Molton
Be on your guard guys. Seems the airflow in the SE this week is straight from the hot spots in both meanings of the term!
BTV 8 moving North from France again
- Thread starter romneymarsh
- Start date
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
But doesn't BT appear to be more or less under control in those 'hot spots' now?
Too late to worry about it now, if it is in fact getting blown in. To be protected by vaccine, any stock would need to have started on a vaccination program when it was first available in July. IF it were to get blown in with infected midges, it would be a while in incubation before we saw any signs, so a long time before most even think about vaccinating now I suspect.
I see DEFRA were appealing for folk to vaccinate last week. Really? I'd have thought any perceived risk will have receded somewhat by now.
Too late to worry about it now, if it is in fact getting blown in. To be protected by vaccine, any stock would need to have started on a vaccination program when it was first available in July. IF it were to get blown in with infected midges, it would be a while in incubation before we saw any signs, so a long time before most even think about vaccinating now I suspect.
I see DEFRA were appealing for folk to vaccinate last week. Really? I'd have thought any perceived risk will have receded somewhat by now.
- Location
- Limousin, France
17/02/17
http://www.pleinchamp.com/elevage/actualites/fco-4-departements-du-nord-passent-en-zone-reglementee
A case of bluetongue (FCO-BTV8), a viral animal disease curable and non-transmissible to humans, was confirmed in the North, obliging the authorities to impose on Friday measures to control movements of sheep and cattle In four additional departments.
A decree of the Ministry of Agriculture published in the Official Journal Friday stipulates that after the discovery of this viral disease on a cattle of the North of France, the department of the North, as well as the Pas-de-Calais, the Somme, Oise and part of the Seine Maritime, pass into "restricted area". In this zone, the animals must be vaccinated in order to pass in zone known as "free" , not affected by the virus, indicated a person in charge of the ministry. In fact, virtually all of metropolitan France is now affected by the virus (serotype 8), which has been developing since 2015. Only four departments remain in France (Finistère, Calvados, Orne and Eure) And three partially (Côtes d'Armor, Manche and Seine Maritime). The FCO virus serotype 8, transmitted by a midge, which affects both sheep and cattle, is curable. Nevertheless, like all animal diseases, affected animals can not be slaughtered for slaughter during their illness. France has chosen not to carry out routine vaccinations, but any animal coming from a free zone or going to it must be vaccinated to stem the spread of the epidemic.
http://www.pleinchamp.com/elevage/actualites/fco-4-departements-du-nord-passent-en-zone-reglementee
A case of bluetongue (FCO-BTV8), a viral animal disease curable and non-transmissible to humans, was confirmed in the North, obliging the authorities to impose on Friday measures to control movements of sheep and cattle In four additional departments.
A decree of the Ministry of Agriculture published in the Official Journal Friday stipulates that after the discovery of this viral disease on a cattle of the North of France, the department of the North, as well as the Pas-de-Calais, the Somme, Oise and part of the Seine Maritime, pass into "restricted area". In this zone, the animals must be vaccinated in order to pass in zone known as "free" , not affected by the virus, indicated a person in charge of the ministry. In fact, virtually all of metropolitan France is now affected by the virus (serotype 8), which has been developing since 2015. Only four departments remain in France (Finistère, Calvados, Orne and Eure) And three partially (Côtes d'Armor, Manche and Seine Maritime). The FCO virus serotype 8, transmitted by a midge, which affects both sheep and cattle, is curable. Nevertheless, like all animal diseases, affected animals can not be slaughtered for slaughter during their illness. France has chosen not to carry out routine vaccinations, but any animal coming from a free zone or going to it must be vaccinated to stem the spread of the epidemic.