Livestock farmers are being urged to be vigilant after a new disease, the Schmallenberg (SBV) virus, was found on four sheep farms in eastern England. Although the disease is not notifiable, DEFRA says it wants farmers to report all suspicious cases. The disease, first discovered in Germany, has been linked to miscarriages and still births in sheep, cattle and goats. Symptoms include fever, reduced milk yield, loss of appetite and body condition, and in some cases diarrhoea, with symptoms disappearing after a few days. DEFRA says the true extent of Schmallenberg is unknown. Like Bluetongue, the disease is transmitted by midges. But scientists believe that the threat from SBV to human health is very low. However, are you worried about this disease and do you have concerns that your stock may have been affected?

 We had the vet out to a problem ewe and the lambs looked like this but:  The ewe had prolapsed and frankly, dead lambs often look like this and in our case the ewe exhibted no symptons of anything until immediately prior to aborting.

 

 So would it be similar to ezootic a toxoplasma

I'm sure every farmer would be worried, from what i have read the midges/mosquitoes don't emerge until around may,(when most stock was apparently effected last year) i'm guessing a good dose of fly treatment put onto stock well in advance of this and kept up with surely can only help? for any risk's this year, and maybe some garlic buckets?, Although all fly treatments we tried on our cattle last year were having no repel effect, a bit like putting water on!, with lambing starting for us in 3 weeks, and them grazing water meadows, well liked by midges, fly's etc, gulp!, time can only tell, dare i say it let us hope it ends up like blue tongue and goes away fairly quickly. without to much damage.

I've had a very interesting email from a farmer in Belgium who is warning that some producers are losing 20-30% of lambs to this and the number of confirmed cases is going to rise dramatically as it takes several days to go from suspect to confirmed. Will try and see if we can get more from our European colleagues to help increase understanding.  http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/01/27/131192/belgian-farmers-own-account-of-schmallenberg.html

 

So far we have only seen the tip of the iceberg in this country. Once people start lambing and calving there will be many more cases. The key question at present, which we cannot answer is whether the virus has survived the winter in sheep and cattle. Midges are unlikely to survive and be infectious. If cattle and sheep are harbouring the virus, or if their offspring are carrying it, when the midge season arrives in april or may this disease will quickly spread across the country. In East Anglia they are starting to see problems, with reports that up to 70% of sheep farmers that have started lambing already have seen deformed lambs. In some cases this is only 2% of the lamb crop, in others up to 25%. Numbers of confirmed cases are rising very quickly on the continent. This is likely to happen here. On the continent they are seeing this as a disease mainly of sheep but I think that is only because people are lambing but not many are calving yet. It would be really good if cattle are not as susceptible to the disease as sheep, but there is little reason to believe this, we will only know when East Anglian farmers start calving.

Confirmation that the number of cases is now at 11. All in sheep.so far.

 

 

midges here also, please read this,

90 percent + white-tailed deer populations dead, Northern Plains

To Mass Animal Death on Monday, January 09, 2012

http://members.beforeitsnews.com/story/1599/838/90_percent_white-tailed_deer_populations_dead,_Northern_Plains

is there any chance this may be radiation fallout ?  The jet stream from Japan is going over your heads falling in your fields !

 radiation fallout from Japan, it's worse them reported ! If it isn't fallout, you should still be mindful and do some simple testing !

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Peace !

 This season's lambing in Shelfanger flock: Dec. 3rd abortion, Dec. 26th abortion, Jan. 29th twins, one normal and the other very deformed limbs and born with rigour-mortis, Jan. 31st twins 1st born dead but normal, the 2nd born badly deformed with rigour-mortis. The example of deformity in the AHVLA is not as extreme as the ones in my lambs.

You can see all the latest from FW on Schmallenberg here.

Xdrfox, it is something i thought about too, i looked about on the net to try and find which way the winds were blowing around the time of march April when the plant leaked. And also in may (i had read in another article that this is when they reckon the midges were starting to emerge)- but didn't get very far, one thing i did find was that some rabbits were found born NR by it with no ears, although if they did somehow pick up radiation and fly off infecting stock surely japan would be suffering this more?

Quick question, hope someone out there can answer it. Let's say that the worst happens and your flock gets affected by the disease. Will the ewes have built up any resistance before next years breeding season ?

welshnwilling:

Quick question, hope someone out there can answer it. Let's say that the worst happens and your flock gets affected by the disease. Will the ewes have built up any resistance before next years breeding season ?

From what I've been reading, the answer to this is no-one knows.  They aren't even certain what the pathogen is, just that its a virus of some kind that appears to be midge-bourne.  Any further info on the diesase and it's progress will only come with time.

 

First Schmallenberg video... Looks grim

I think this could be bad

As for these fly treatments to keep the midjes of I dont think they work anyway

Radiation also weakens the immune response system, what someone/something used to be able to fight off, the system become worn down from the affects of radiation isotope's and can no longer fight disease's as before scumming to many Ill's that were not a problem in the pass !

 These animals should be looked at beyond the physical and see if organs such as heart may have holes in them, Chernobyl heart syndrome, causing circulatory problems wurg blood flow, 25, 0000 children die in Russia each year from heart problems ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4m3jyMNkr0&feature=player_embedded

Jun 15, 2011 … Large number of people affected by the explosion of Chernobyl Nuclear Plant.
The radioactive effects are still issue. The worst results are … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ujAG_Ofj4M&feature=player_embedded

How Low Doses Of Radiation Can Cause Heart Disease And Stroke
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091022202710.htm

 Has anyone looked into the thyroid gland controls all aspects of growth ! Fukushima Children Tested for Thyroid Cancer Risk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CJ9d2vKxbm8

 http://enenews.com/1143-fukushima-children-lumps-thyroid-gland-26-1-every-3-kids-tested

CBC on TMI: Reports of enormous increase in cancer deaths — Infant mortality rates doubled — Birds disappeared — Many mutations observed (VIDEO)

http://enenews.com/1143-fukushima-children-lumps-thyroid-gland-26-1-every-3-kids-tested

Dr. Ernest Sternglass speaks on the bad effects of radiation

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEtRFBNfSAg&feature=player_embedded

Radiology expert Dr. Ernest Sternglass speaks about the Millstone Nuclear Power Plant in Connecticut how it is causing cancer in the people living downwind from the plant. Iodine-131 Uploaded by mayanmanifestor on Feb 2, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Dgt4DTYW8&feature=player_embedded

Nuclear isotope! Small traces of Iodine-131 mysteriously appear throughout Barents Sea region

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLd1EUzC2Sk&feature=player_embedded

Mutation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mutations are caused by radiation, viruses, transposons and mutagenic ... These duplications are a major source of raw material for evolving new genes, with ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation

Woah woah woah, What's all this talk of radiation xdrfox?

SBV is a virus isn't it? And I highly doubt radiation from Japans Jet stream would be affecting the UK and Europe?

Radiation takes time to be harmful, only prolonged exposure does significant damage, it also depends on the type of radiation and how far you are from the source (intensity of exposure). So I feel it is unlikely to be radiation we should be worried about, SBV seems to be a lot more pressing.

~Meggiewes~

The Incredible Hulk, Spiderman, The Fantastic Four, all created by radiation. I don't need any more convincing!

This will be another one like Bluetongue, where there is nothing we can do to prevent it, just wait until some sort of vaccine comes out. At least this one is being talked about straight away.

There are multiple reactors in China Syndrome and were multiple blast throwing the new MOX fuel into the atmosphere that is a million times more lethal then normal nuclear fuel !

 Keep up with what Main Stream Media will not even talk about, the nuclear IC that owns news sources doesn't want the truths to be told for it may turn folks against this form of energy that can nor be stopped once the Jennie is out of the bottle !

 There are huge issues with what is happening in Japan for the whole world !

Why isn't the largest nuclear accident of the world history is not on the news ???

 Hundreds of ton's burnt and still burning into the earths atmosphere every day !

 http://enenews.com/

Forgot to say, The efeects of radiation can be imediate and we are all down wind from this, just look at the places it is being detected, soon to cover the entire globe, no where to hide from it !

Idaho TV: “Data showed a large spike in deaths — particularly infant deaths — in the 14 weeks following the Fukushima meltdown” -Report (VIDEO)

track 5160 map will move around tthe globe !

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?zoom=4&rad=0&wxsn=0&svr=0&cams=0&sat=0&riv=0&mm=1&mm.mdl=GFS&mm.type=SURPRE&mm.hour=0&mm.opa=100&m

Has anyone looked to see if the affected animals have holes in their hearts ? Chynoble Heart !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aBW-5atBus&feature=player_embeddedoble Heart !

Study: 90% higher incidence of childhood leukemia around nuclear plants — Authors call for investigation -International Journal of Cancer

Expert: Already hearing reports of kids suffering heart attacks -- Beware deadly cardiac problems in children caused by Fukushima radiation (VIDEO)

U.S. University Study: 23% higher incidence of childhood leukemia within 16 km of nuclear facilities… More

CBC on TMI: Reports of enormous increase in cancer deaths — Infant mortality rates doubled — Birds disappeared — Many mutations observed (VIDEO)

Local Paper: Now 1,143 Fukushima children with lumps on thyroid gland, not 26 — Nearly 1 in every 3 kids tested — “Gov’t has decided they are benign”

 Take prcautions ! Stay out of the rain / snow !

Canadian Official: Iodine-131 in rainwater was above recommended level for drinking water during March — “It should not exceed the guideline” — Gov’t failed to disclose findings

 Radioactive fallout in rain 10 times more than originally reported

 Report: St. Louis rain sample shows radiation dose on August 20 almost triple previous high reading (VIDEO)

Rain near Toronto measures 20,000 CPM per square meter (VIDEO)

Rainout of hot particles from radioactive clouds to continue for another year — Not just in Pacific Northwest, says Gundersen (AUDIO)

Oklahoma City rain at 1.62 microsieverts per hour — “Dangerous Radiation Background” (VIDEO)

 Report: 1.68 µSv/hr detected in Canadian rain water sample — Geiger counter display reads “DANGEROUS RADIATION BACKGROUND”

http://enenews.com/

xdrfox:

There are multiple reactors in China Syndrome and were multiple blast throwing the new MOX fuel into the atmosphere that is a million times more lethal then normal nuclear fuel !

 Keep up with what Main Stream Media will not even talk about, the nuclear IC that owns news sources doesn't want the truths to be told for it may turn folks against this form of energy that can nor be stopped once the Jennie is out of the bottle !

 There are huge issues with what is happening in Japan for the whole world !

Why isn't the largest nuclear accident of the world history is not on the news ???

 Hundreds of ton's burnt and still burning into the earths atmosphere every day !

 http://enenews.com/

Yes, but what has that got to do with SBV? Start a new thread on radiation if you wish man :) ~Meggiewes~

Going on current received wisdom that this is a viral problem, and not related to radiation....

Do join us on Thursday evening when we're running a live Schmallenberg Q&A with past-president of the British Veterinary Association and two ADAS livestock consultants.

Feel free to throw any questions on this thread that you'd like to see tackled. Symptoms, transmission, vaccines... Here's the web story with more info:

http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/06/02/2012/131252/Get-your-Schmallenberg-virus-questions-answered-with-our-live-web.htm

AKABANE VIRUS is an link to schmallenberg, it looks like it came from southern japan.

 with the same symptons, spread my midges and mosquitoes. with the same consequences.