Committee debate on zoos and animal illnesses – Home of Representatives

June 13, 2024

Animal illnesses hen flu and bluetongue are the main target of a committee dialogue on the Agriculture, Nature and Meals High quality Committee on Thursday, June 13, 2024 from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm. On behalf of the cupboard, the outgoing Minister Piet Adema for Agriculture, Nature and Meals High quality and the outgoing Minister Pia Dijkstra for Medical Care are current.

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Agenda

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Blue tongue

Bluetongue is a viral illness that primarily happens in sheep. Different ruminants comparable to goats and cattle and deer and camels may get it, however in these species the virus is much less deadly. The illnesses are attributable to the chunk of small mosquitoes (midges) that carry the virus. Sick animals can not infect one another immediately and the illness can not unfold to people.

vaccination

In 2022 there have been 723,000 sheep within the Netherlands. As of September 2023, greater than 37,000 sheep have died from the virus. The final time the blue tongue occurred within the Netherlands was 2006-2008.
The midges are much less lively in winter, however the virus doesn’t disappear fully. The primary vaccine turned out there earlier in April. Sheep are actually being vaccinated, easing fears of a significant outbreak subsequent summer time.

Fowl flu

The Netherlands is a vital middle for migratory birds. Thousands and thousands of migratory birds cease within the Netherlands or cross over yearly. Migratory birds can carry the hen flu virus.
There are various kinds of hen flu (also called hen flu). There’s a delicate and sickly sort of hen flu. The extremely pathogenic variant is especially infectious to chickens, geese and turkeys. Waterfowl, shorebirds and the wren, for instance, are additionally delicate to it. Generally mammals comparable to foxes additionally get contaminated. People will also be contaminated with hen flu. This nearly by no means occurs. The federal government cares about people who find themselves extra prone to get the illness.

Epidemic

Within the Netherlands alone, 6.9 million birds, principally chickens, have been killed between January 2021 and Could 2023 to forestall the unfold of the virus. This outbreak of hen flu, with outbreaks on poultry farms and amongst passion farmers, is the biggest since 2003. Trial exhibits two vaccines work nicely in in opposition to the unfold of the virus. The federal government needs to make mass vaccination potential and has ready a step-by-step plan for this.

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