{"id":6955,"date":"2024-08-28T11:38:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T11:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/28\/bluetongue-virus-discovered-in-uk-after-rapid-increase-in-europe\/"},"modified":"2024-08-28T11:38:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T11:38:03","slug":"bluetongue-virus-discovered-in-uk-after-rapid-increase-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/28\/bluetongue-virus-discovered-in-uk-after-rapid-increase-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluetongue virus discovered in UK after \u2018rapid increase\u2019 in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A virus that affects sheep and cows has been detected in the UK after a &#8220;rapid increase&#8221; across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Bluetongue &#8211; which is not dangerous to humans but can cause death in farm animals &#8211; has been found in a single sheep near Haddiscoe in South Norfolk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-site-outbrain sdc-site-outbrain--AR_6\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-outbrain\" data-target=\"\" data-widget-mapping=\"\" data-installation-keys=\"\">    <\/div>\n<p>It is believed to be the first case of the virus in the UK for the 2024\/2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>A 20km control zone has now been declared around the Norfolk premises in a bid to try and minimise the risk of further transmission.<\/p>\n<p>Back in May, the government said there was a <strong>&#8220;high probability&#8221;<\/strong> of the introduction of a new strain of the virus &#8211; known as BTV-3 &#8211; as infected biting midges were blown over from northern Europe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--teads\">        <\/div>\n<p>Officials said there has been a rapid increase in cases in the Netherlands and Germany, and new cases in France, Luxembourg and Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>The virus affects livestock including cattle and sheep, as well as goats, deer and llamas. Symptoms can include a blue and swollen tongue, fever, reduced milk yield, and, in the most severe cases, death.<\/p>\n<p>UK deputy chief veterinary officer Ele Brown said on Monday that farmers should check their animals frequently and report any suspicions to the Animal and Plant Health Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Free testing is available for animals moving from and to the highest risk counties.<\/p>\n<p>Bluetongue last swept through Britain in November 2023 after 199 cases were found in five months to March 2024.<\/p>\n<p>119 of these cases were found in cattle and seven cases in sheep. At the time, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent and East Sussex were labelled as high risk areas.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on sky.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A virus that affects sheep and cows has been detected in the UK after a &#8220;rapid increase&#8221; across Europe. Bluetongue &#8211; which is not dangerous to humans but can cause death in farm animals &#8211; has been found in a single sheep near Haddiscoe in South Norfolk. It is believed to be the first case <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}