SCHMALLENBERG VIRUS - EUROPE (43): UPDATE, DEER

SCHMALLENBERG VIRUS - EUROPE (43): UPDATE, DEER

In this update

[1] SBV in Germany - deer
[2] Latest accumulated testing results, Europe, compiled



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[1] SBV in Germany - deer

Date: Wed 29 May 2012
Source: Official web-site Lower Saxony [trans. summarised, edited]
http://www.tierseucheninfo.niedersachsen.de/portal/live.php?navigation_id=7676&article_id=102179&_psmand=24


Schmallenberg virus (SBV) - current updated figures for the whole of Germany
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Total: 1624 findings [affected farms] of the virus, of which 854 were sheep, 47 goats, 720 cattle, one deer, 2 roe deer (and 367 suspected cases).

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Communicated by:
Sabine Zentis
Gut Laach
52385 Nideggen
Germany


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[2] Latest accumulated testing results, Europe, compiled
Date: Wed 30 May 2012
Source: French National platform for epidemiological surveillance in animal health [trans. summarised, edited]
http://www.survepi.org/cerepi/


SBV, Europe, compiled data - domestic livestock 
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[The data have been updated as of 30 May 2012 from the given sources. - Mod.AS]

Updated figures of reported SBV-positive holdings:

Country / date / total / cattle / sheep / goat / sources (*no)
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1. Belgium / 14 May 2012 / 533 / 364 / 167 / 2 / (*1)
2. France / 29 May 2012 / 1829 / 684 / 1128 / 17 / (*2)
3. Germany / 29 May 2012 / 1627 / 726 / 854 / 47 / (*3)
4. Italy / 24 May 2012 / 8 / 3 / - / 5 / (*4)
5. Luxembourg / 2 Apr 2012 / 12 / 6 / 6 / - / (*5)
6. Netherlands / 30 May 2012 / 348 / 235 / 107 / 6 / (*6)
7. Spain / 12 Mar 2012 / 1 / - / 1 / - / (*7)
8. UK / 23 Apr 2012 / 266 / 44 / 219 / - / [bovine & ovine 3] (*8)

Grand total: 4624 (3628*) SBV-affected holdings in 8 countries, of which 2062 (1115*) were bovine, 2482 (2440*) ovine, 77 (73*) caprine, and 3 bovine & ovine. (*in brackets, the data as of 26 Apr 2012).

Sources
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*1 Belgium http://www.afsca.be/dierengezondheid/schmallenberg/_documents/Schmallenberg_resultaten_20120514._nl.pdf
*2 France http://www.survepi.org/cerepi/
*3 Germany http://www.fli.bund.de/no_cache/de/startseite/aktuelles/tierseuchengeschehen/schmallenberg-virus.html
*4 Italy http://www.survepi.org/cerepi/images/documents/20120524italie.pdf
*5 Luxembourg http://www.survepi.org/cerepi/images/documents/20120402lux.pdf
*6 Netherlands http://www.vwa.nl/txmpub/files/?p_file_id=2201855
*7 Spain http://www.survepi.org/cerepi/images/documents/20120313spain.pdf
*8 UK http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla/2012/05/28/28-may-schmallenberg-virus-further-update-on-gb-testing-results/

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ProMED-mail 

[Most of the added infected holdings since the previous update of 26 Apr 2012 (see 20120426.1115024) are attributed to the increase of SBV-related cases in cattle farms, as expected. In France, 206 new infected cattle holdings have been detected since 11 May 2012.

The German data on cases in roe deer are noteworthy. It will be interesting to obtain data on SBV and other orthobunyavirus- (e.g. Akabane) related congenital malformations in wildlife from other countries. Antibodies to Akabane virus have been found in the past in, besides large and small domestic ruminants, horses, donkeys, buffalo, deer, camels, and pigs. - Mod.AS]