Specifically, the Provincial Council of Bizkaia has discovered two positive cases in calves from a beef farm in Abanto Zierbena, which do not show any symptoms of the disease.
The Provincial Council of Bizkaia has confirmed the detection of two positive cases of bluetongue in calves from a beef farm in Abanto Zierbenawho show no symptoms of the disease. After identifying the infection with the serotype 8the mandatory vaccination on the territory.
In the past two years, Bizkaia had not detected a single case of bluetongue, a viral disease transmitted between ruminants such as cows and sheep by mosquitoes of the genus Culicoides and which has been present on the Iberian Peninsula for more than twenty years, with consequences that ” “hang depends on the serotype and the species affected,” as explained by the Provincial Council. The virus does not affect humans and is not transmitted to humans “nor through direct contact with animals, wool or consumption of derived foods.”
These first two positive cases now confirmed by PCR correspond to two calves from a beef vaccine farm in Abanto Zierbena whose mothers were not vaccinated, based on the data provided by the Deputy for Natural Environment and Agriculture, Arantza Atutxaduring the press conference after the weekly Government Council next Thursday.
Neither shows symptoms and the identified serotype is 8, so since the entire Basque Autonomous Community is classified as a restricted area against this serotype, mandatory vaccination has been activated in the area.
The Provincial Council had acquired more than 100,000 doses To ensure the immunization of the entire sheep and cattle census of Bizkaia, the voluntary vaccination, promoted since spring, has reached 3,820 sheep and 15,920 cattle.
Atutxa has indicated that this is the case serotype 8 “shows no symptoms and is therefore not as aggressive” and it is expected that with the arrival of cold weather, the presence of the mosquito that transmits this disease will decrease and we will be “better protected against this disease.”
At least they’ve been shipped personalized letters to all livestock farmers in Bizkaia to ensure that “they are aware of the necessary actions and restrictions”, including for the movement of livestock.
Gipuzkoa has already activated a series of measures to control the disease, following the announcement of an outbreak of serotype 8 in an Oiartzun farm. So he founded the mandatory vaccination of cattle and sheep farms, in particular of all animals of these species over three months old.
Source: EITB
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