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A recent report has highlighted the first outbreak of EHDV serotype 8 in France in September 2023, spreading rapidly across southern France, Spain, and Italy, possibly spread by midges. This virus affects cattle and deer, causing fluid retention, ulcers, fever, and inflammation. The disease has spread extensively in Italy, particularly in the southern and central regions, prompting mandatory examinations and restrictions on animal transport within a 150-kilometer radius of an outbreak to other European Member States.
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The virus mainly affects the inside of the capillaries in cattle and deer, which can lead to fluid retention and ulcers on the snout. The animals also have a fever, a runny nose and inflammation in the mouth, nose and intestines. Lameness also occurs. Sheep, goats and camels can also become infected, but these animals do not become ill. On September 21, 2023, France reported the first case of EHDV serotype 8 in the far south-west of the country, along the border with Spain. In the following months, 3,527 outbreaks followed in southern France, mainly around the Pyrenees. Crossed the Mediterranean In 2022, the virus was also found in Spain and Italy. The latest infection was almost 100 percent identical to the variant found in Tunisia. Researchers believe that the virus crossed the Mediterranean Sea with midges, either by boat or otherwise. At the end of 2023, ...
Source: Nieuwe Oogst
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