Schmallenberg virus: new emergent pathogen of cattle, sheep and goats
2012
Petrović, T., Scientific Veterinary Institute Novi Sad, Novi Sad (Serbia) | Djuricic, B., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgrade (Serbia)
Schmallenberg virus was first detected in November 2011 in Germany from samples collected in summer/autumn 2011 from diseased (fever, reduced milk yield) dairy cattle from the farm near the city of Schmallenberg (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). The virus was detected in pooled blood samples using metagenomics analysis. Similar clinical signs (including diarrhea) were detected in dairy cows in the Netherlands where the presence of Schmallenberg virus was also confirmed in December 2011. In early December 2011, congenital malformations were reported in newborn lambs in the Netherlands, and Schmallenberg virus was detected in and isolated from the brain tissue. Up to March 2012, Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Luxembourg, Italy and Spain have reported stillbirth and congenital malformations with PT-PCR positive results. According to the data processed until now, the new virus has no zoonotic potential and the risk for public health can be regarded as extremely low. The diagnostic methods like TaqMan real-time RT-PCR and virus isolation for virus detection, and VN test and indirect immunofluorescence test for antibody detection are already developed. The other diagnostic tests are in the process of development. The disease is not notifiable according to OIE and EU experts and regulations, but currently there are no specific control measures on place to control this virus infection. Still there are many unanswered question that has to be resolved in the future.
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