The country can expect to import more diseases, such as the deadly Schmallenberg virus that arrived from overseas about 18 months ago and is sweeping through new-born cattle and sheep spread by midge bites, the expert said. Rachel Kyle, the World Bank…
CHEYENNE, WYO. — A University of Wyoming researcher is warning domestic livestock producers to be on the lookout for a new virus that has been decimating cattle, goats and sheep in Europe. The Schmallenberg virus (SBV) causes severe congenital …
MSD Animal Health has been awarded a license to market the Schmallenberg vaccine in the UK and RoI. The new vaccine, Bovilis SBV, is currently available in NI veterinary practices. It is the first commercially available vaccine against the disease which …
The National Farmers' Union have said they are writing to all its members urging them to assess if their livestock are at risk of contracting the Schmallenberg virus (SBV) this summer. The letter points out that the availability of vaccine later this …
After spending time in the United Kingdom, University of Wyoming assistant research scientist Rob Cordery-Cotter, DVM, is concerned over the possibility of schmallenberg virus (SBV) spreading to the United States. Cordery-Cotter witnessed the disease …
by Jean-Yves Zimmer, François Smeets, Grégory Simonon, Jean Fagot, Eric Haubruge, Frédéric Francis, Bertrand Losson Several species of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) biting midges serve as biological vectors for the bluetongue virus (BTV) and the …
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The G-8's science ministers have turned their ears to the relationship of antibiotic resistance and animal agriculture—worrying about the various aspects from the need for new, efficacious, drugs to the impact of current practices on resistance in …
The G-8 Sticks 8 Noses Into Antibiotic Resistance Jun 13, 2013 The G-8's science ministers have turned their ears to the relationship of antibiotic resistance and animal agriculture—worrying about the various aspects from the need for new, efficacious …
12 June 2013 Last updated at 09:59 ET A virus spread by midges has been found in a calf born on a farm in Aberdeenshire. Schmallenberg virus (SBV) has been confirmed after the calf - born to a homebred suckler heifer - was found to be severely deformed. …
05 June 2013 Shillelagh farmer Colette Deegan has had a keen interest in sheep farming from an early age and sheared her first sheep at the tender age of eleven or twelve years. At the time her parents, John and Lizzie, had a large flock of 1,500 ewes at …
FARMERS can now vaccinate stock against Schmallenberg after a Northumberland veterinary group announced it had the treatment. Vets at Alnorthumbria in Alnwick are offering the long-awaited Bovilis SBV vaccine for the Schmallenberg virus to farmers in its …
The British government's Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has granted a provisional marketing authorisation for the product, known as Bovilis SBV. The vaccine is produced by MSD Animal Health. It is understood that MSD Animal Health …
NEWS that a vaccine against the deadly Schmallenberg virus will be available this summer has been welcomed by West Country livestock farmers. The virus, transmitted by infected midges, causes cows and ewes to abort their young, or give birth to deformed …
The virus emerged in Europe in 2011 and can lead to sheep and cattle having stillborn or deformed offspring The disease has spread to every county in England and Wales, and was recently reported in Scotland. Schmallenberg virus (SBV) causes fever, …
A vaccine to protect sheep and cattle from a virus spread by midges has been approved by government vets. The virus, which emerged in the Netherlands and Germany in 2011, can lead to sheep and cattle having stillborn or deformed offspring. The disease has …
Adult animals infected during pregnancies in the autumn by virus-carrying midges, thought to have blown across the Channel, have given birth to deformed or stillborn lambs and calves. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA A new vaccine is being made available to …
about 2 hours agoSchmallenberg vaccine is result of 'intensive activity' The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has licensed veterinary pharmaceutical company MSD Animal Health to provide the "Bovolis SBV" vaccine for animals …
A key building block in the Schmallenberg virus may be targeted by anti-viral drugs, according to a new study led from the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. The disease, which causes birth defects and …
LONDON | Tue May 21, 2013 12:07am BST LONDON (Reuters) - British farmers will be the first in Europe to get a vaccine against Schmallenberg virus, a new livestock disease that hit the continent in 2011. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural …
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