Saturday, 24 February 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Schmallenberg virus - Europe (04): UK (N. Ireland), ovine

Schmallenberg -- United Kingdom
Schmallenberg virus is progressing west across Northern Ireland, according to the province's Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute [AFBI].
The Schmallenberg virus (SBV) was 1st identified in Germany in late 2011 as a cause of malformations in newborn calves and lambs.
It was 1st detected in Northern Ireland in a cattle herd in County Down in October 2012. Three further cases were confirmed the following spring in County Down in 2 cattle herds and one sheep flock. In 2017, the virus

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5648493&promed&0

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