Etiket: Bluetongue
Adema wants a vaccine against bluetongue virus before the new midge season starts
Agriculture Minister Piet Adema wants a “safe and effective vaccine” against bluetongue to be available as soon as possible, but at least before the new midge season in mid-2024 next…
A lot of sadness and less income due to bluetongue virus in Schellinkhout
“I’ve been working on it all day,” says Bianca Vriend as she stands among her alpacas. “I used to have 43, now I have 40.” In recent weeks, the bluetongue…
Battlefield at livestock farms due to rapidly advancing bluetongue virus: ‘It is five to twelve’
The bluetongue virus is spreading like wildfire. While the first infections were reported at Drenthe livestock farms at the beginning of October, the viral disease has now spread like wildfire…
Petting zoos still powerless against bluetongue: “A matter of bad luck or luck”
The bluetongue virus is still spreading. This week the virus caused a drama at yet another North Holland petting zoo. The beloved sheep Bieke from the Aalsmeer Boerenvreugd did not…
No midges that spread bluetongue in cold weather? NVWA starts investigation
Will the midges that spread the bluetongue virus in the Netherlands disappear this winter? Or will they still be present in stables, for example? The Dutch Food and Consumer Product…
“The impact is so great”, continued sheep farming on the journey through bluetongue
The question remains whether the Dutch sheep sector will survive the outbreak of the deadly bluetongue virus, Agriculture Minister Piet Adema warns. Many sheep farmers in North Holland have also…
Bluetongue appears in Belgium among sheep farmers: What causes this disease? And is it dangerous for humans? | Science & Planet
The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain reported this month an infection with bluetongue at a small sheep farm in Merksplas, Antwerp. As a result, Belgium lost…
Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany want a quick vaccine against bluetongue and are calling for more flexible export rules
On Monday afternoon, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany advocated the rapid development of a vaccine against bluetongue serotype 3 on the sidelines of a meeting of European agricultural ministers in…
Midges are not affected by the first cold week: almost a hundred new cases of bluetongue per day | Domestic
The bluetongue virus remains a plague, especially for sheep farmers, even after the first cold week of autumn. Last week, the watchdog NVWA identified more than five hundred new (possible)…
Bluetongue at probably 2,250 livestock farms in the Netherlands
The number of livestock farms with (presumably) bluetongue among the animals in the Netherlands has risen to more than 2,250. Contamination has been confirmed at almost 1,490 companies, and there…