The bluetongue-like disease EHD, which mainly affects cattle, has not broken out in Switzerland. Retesting at the World Organization for Animal Health (Woah) did not find the virus, Swiss veterinary authorities report.
A calf was found in Bern, Switzerland, in mid-October with symptoms of epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD). Then there was a second suspicion of this viral disease, which, like bluetongue, is also transmitted by midges. The retests at the Woah have now shown that it is not EHD and Switzerland is free of the disease again.
EHD affects cattle and, for example, wild sheep, farmed sheep and goats are not susceptible. Cervids are especially susceptible. The disease was first discovered in white-tailed deer in the United States in 1995.
Well in Spain and France
EHD has been present in Italy, Portugal and Spain for some time and the virus has recently also spread across the Pyrenees to France. There is a transport ban for cattle, sheep, goats and deer within a radius of 150 kilometers.
2023-10-28 12:42:00
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