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In this regard, the British Veterinary Kemble Toby said that in recent months witnessed a large number of infants in the English county of Norfolk, with deformities that caused them immediate death lambs. monte design
So far, most of the worst cases occurred in Suffolk and Norfolk, although there were also infected animals on farms in Kent, East Sussex, Essex and Hertfordshire in southern England.
The Schmallenberg virus causes lambs born dead or with severe deformation as the fused limbs and twisted necks, which means they can not survive. monte design Scientists are trying to find out how urgent the disease, which affects cattle, spreads and how to fight it, as the number of farms affected is increasing day by day. So far, 74 farms in southern and eastern England have been affected by the virus, which came to this country in January. A thousand farms in Europe have reported cases since the first signs of the virus were reported in the German town of Schmallenberg last summer. The National Farmers Union has been described as a potential "catastrophe" and warned farmers to be vigilant. "This is a time bomb," said Alastair Mackintosh, NFU. "We do not know the extent of the disease. Just check out the damage when sheep and cows give birth, and then it is too late. "It is unclear exactly how the disease arrived in Britain, but the most accepted theory is that mosquitoes carrying the virus across the Channel or the North Sea in the autumn. However, scientists still can not rule out the transmission of the disease from one animal to another.
Sheep infected monte design show no symptoms of the virus until they give birth, with horrible monte design results. Farmers have described the delivery of the dead and deformed animals and heartbreaking. The calving season has just begun, which means that the total impact of the disease will not be felt until the weather warms and millions of animals are born. On the mainland, some farms have lost half of their lambs. So far the hardest hit in the UK have lost 20 percent, monte design according to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Approximately 16 million lambs born in the UK each year and sell on the market for about 100 each. The effect of the disease on farms that are already struggling in the crisis could be serious. "For any company to lose 20 percent of its shares would be a huge blow," said Mr. Mackintosh. "For a farmer to lose 20 percent of his flock is catastrophic. monte design If it is 50 percent that was put out of action. "I was talking to someone who has 10,000 sheep. If you lose even five percent of animals born this year, that's a hell of a lot of lambs. I know another that says 10 percent of his sheep have become sterile. monte design He has 6,000 sheep, so that is 600 animals that produce nothing. " The Food Standards Agency has attempted to allay any fears about eating lamb, although little is known about the virus so far. The agency said: "Any risk to consumers through the food chain, is likely to be low. No illness has been reported to date in humans exposed to infected virus Schmallenberg "animals.
The most affected counties are Norfolk, Suffolk, East Sussex and Kent, but the virus has spread along the south coast of Cornwall. Farmers fear that the disease may spread to large flocks in northern England, Wales and Scotland. In Europe, Germany, Holland and France suffered the worst, while the latter cases have been reported in Italy and Luxembourg. John, a farmer in East Sussex who wanted to remain anonymous, said he had lost 40 of the 400 lambs so far, at a cost to your business of over 4,000. monte design "I had q