France: 453 outbreaks of epizootic hemorrhagic disease were detected in 6 departments of the South-West

Detected for the first time in France on September 18, on three farms located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées, epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EMD) is spreading in the southwest quarter of France. According to the latest count from the Ministry of Agriculture, dating from October 12, 453 outbreaks were detected in the departments of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Landes and Ariège. In the Hautes-Pyrénées, an infected deer was detected at the beginning of October. An outbreak was also detected in Switzerland, whose regulated zone impacts a certain number of municipalities located in 12 French border or nearby departments. A viral disease favored by climate change MHE is a viral disease transmitted by biting midges, affecting cattle and deer. Present in North America, Australia, Asia, Africa, particularly in the Maghreb and the Middle East, MHE was detected at the end of 2022 in Italy and Spain. According to Anses, the most likely ...