2023-10-11 01:07:24
News from the world where cows live 22-523, October 11
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In the Netherlands, where 3.8 million head of cattle are raised, including 1.6 million dairy cattle, a bluetongue epidemic, which causes symptoms of high fever and drooling and the tongue turns blue, recently broke out in about 1,100 livestock farms, requiring special attention from farmers. The Dutch government announced.
According to the Netherlands Food Safety Authority (NVWA), there were 1,102 farms that reported outbreaks of bluetongue disease until recently, of which about 800 farms were confirmed. The disease spreads quickly, and four sheep were infected for the first time in 2009. It has been confirmed that 319 farms have been reported to be infected in the southern Utrecht and northwestern Noord-Holland regions, where the outbreak occurred on a breeding farm.
In this regard, the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture recommends that the bluetongue virus is mainly spread by blood-sucking insects such as certain mosquitoes and that livestock can also be infected when moving around, so livestock should be kept in barns as much as possible at dusk when these insects are most active, and in case of an outbreak, It is stated that there is no cure other than general treatment methods, and the safety of the vaccine has not yet been verified.
Veterinary experts point out that this infectious disease mainly affects sheep, goats, and cattle, and that unlike sheep, which can lead to death, in large livestock dairy cows, milk production drops sharply due to high fever and pain, and in feeder cattle, productivity decreases due to loss of appetite. there is.
Meanwhile, the Dutch government recently reported the situation to the National Assembly and compared the rapid spread of bluetongue disease to wiping with tap water running. As the number of livestock dying increases, the damage to farms is increasing, and the number of livestock keeping will decrease next year. It is known that he emphasized that it is inevitable and appropriate measures are needed.
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