Post Reply - BlueTongue restarted in NL

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Spain: BLUETONGUE OUTBREAK IN MALLORCA: AT LEAST 22 ANIMALS ARE KILLED AFTER INSECT-BORNE DISEASE SWEEPS THROUGH FARMS
Yesterday, 11:56 AM

The general director of the department, Fernando Fernandez, reported that the disease has arrived in the Mediterranean islands via mosquitos that ended up in the area from France during a weather event in mid-August. ...

The Balearic authorities have informed the central Agriculture Ministry of the arrival of bluetongue on the islands.

It has already been detected in the mainland regions of Catalunya and Aragon, according to a report from radio network Cadena SER.

The Balearic authorities said that this is a new variant, which is more aggressive than others and is causing higher mortality rates among animals. ...

DJ, A storm did see mosquitos with BTV ending up in the East of Spain/Mediterranean-blown that way from France...

Here in NL "the news" on BTV-D is under control...the disease is NOT. The NVWA only provides info-in Dutch-per municipality...So it is a big job to get a good overview...

The present major BTV-D outbreak now may be from NL to Spain. Germany, France, Belgium, UK (?)...so far I did not see reports this year of BTV-D in dogs, cats...

(But I wonder if there were even human cases of BTV-D it would be made public...Like with Q-fever NL has a "tradition of cover-up/denial"...untill we see very major damage...). 