EU ACTS AGAINST BLUETONGUE’S NORTHWARD MARCH
September 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WITH the cattle and sheep disease Bluetongue spreading north in Europe from its usual southern European base, the European Commission and other specialist agencies are investigating why the pathogen has marched northwards. The European Union's (EU) reference laboratory, at Pirbright, Surrey, has confirmed this strain of Bluetongue hitting livestock in France, Belgium and the Netherlands, was previously unknown in Europe. Tests suggest it is similar to a variant found in sub-Saharan Africa. While the centre does not yet know why this strain has ...
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