Outbreaks of bluetongue in Denmark and France, new outbreak of peste des petits ruminants in Greece

 An outbreak of bluetongue in Denmark was detected on a farm where cattle (41 head) and sheep (180 head) are kept.

“On 8 August 2024 , a clinical suspicion of bluetongue was reported to the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration. Onea sheep out of 180 died. The animal exhibited symptoms consistent with bluetongue: lesions in the mouth and tongue, increased drooling, and a blue tongue. Another sheep showed nonspecific symptoms of the disease,” the review says.

There are no symptoms of bluetongue in cattle . It is reported that on August 9, the suspicion of the disease was confirmed. Restrictions have been introduced at the enterprise to prevent the spread of the disease.

In France, where foci of bluetongue had previously been identified, four more cases of this disease were registered.

A new outbreak of peste des petits ruminants has been identified in Greece.

New foci of highly pathogenic avian influenza were noted in the USA (15 cases in total: 12 in Colorado, 2 in South Dakota, 1 in Texas) and Portugal (2 cases).

In Bulgaria, one outbreak of equine infectious anemia was recorded.

In Austria, 3 foci of West Nile fever have been identified; the disease was detected in wild crows.

In addition, the review provides data on epizootics in the world according to media information.

New cases of disease/death of animals:

— Haiti: livestock in the south and southeast of the country are affected by anthrax;

— USA (Colorado): avian influenza;

— USA (North Dakota): equine herpesvirus;

— USA (North Dakota): West Nile virus ;

— Canada (Quebec): Eastern equine encephalitis.

Human diseases:

— France: first local case of West Nile virus infection in 2024;

— USA: the number of victims of the listeriosis outbreak has risen to three;

— Vietnam (Thai Guen): Streptococcus suis;

— Japan (Hyogo): campylobacteriosis;

— Spain: 17 people fell ill with salmonellosis.