Tag: Bluetongue
‘If you have done it with a cow, you can also do it with a sheep’
The master’s student, who is specializing in farm animals, says that he is not yet allowed to go out alone with the syringe. As a student, he must receive guidance…
Student Simme vaccinates sheep against bluetongue: ‘I saw the consequences last year’
The master’s student, who is specializing in farm animals, says that he is not yet allowed to go out alone with the syringe. As a student, he must receive guidance…
Vaccine against bluetongue available, veterinarians will quickly start vaccinations
The bluetongue virus is spread by a type of small mosquitoes called midges. Bluetongue mainly affects sheep, but also cattle. The virus gives them a high fever, swelling and the…
In Maarssen they hope that a vaccine against bluetongue will soon be available: ‘Never again’
“When you walked in here, it looked like a battlefield,” says Kim de Groot. Together with the family she manages a large farm, including sheep. Together with her sister Shanna,…
Vaccine against bluetongue virus on the way, but ‘if all goes wrong, outbreak will occur again in the spring’
What exactly is the bluetongue virus? Bluetongue reappeared in the Netherlands for the first time in September last year. The disease is transmitted by midges, very small biting flies, and…
Huskies Eemnes attack cattle again: sheep bitten to death
At that time, two sheep were already injured. One has already been forced to be killed on the spot, while a second sheep is in serious condition, according to the…
No bluetongue in weakened and distressed deer
Yet the deer were not in perfect health, as it turned out. Five of the eight had lungworms. The rainy autumn could easily be the reason for this, according to…
Entire sheep sector at risk from bluetongue: ‘There must be a vaccine before spring’
The outbreak of the bluetongue virus, which started in September in Central Netherlands, is a serious threat to sheep farms. Agriculture Minister Piet Adema warns about this. Together with neighboring…
Farmer Joop from Portengen has already lost 24 sheep to bluetongue virus: ‘You are so powerless’
According to figures from the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), more than 2,250 livestock farms are affected by the bluetongue virus. In our province there are infections…
Bluetongue virus continues to spread, also in our province
What exactly is the bluetongue virus? Bluetongue reappeared in the Netherlands for the first time in September. The disease is transmitted by midges, very small biting flies, and mainly affects…