<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Since august 2011 europe has been facing a new virus which attacks the domestic and wild ruminants. The virus was named after the town where the first isolation had been made. The virus in question is transmitted by the biting midges (<italic>Culicoides</italic> spp.) and it can survive the winter in the bodies of those insects. it is also known that the virus does not endanger human health and it cannot be transferred directly from one animal to another because it is only carried by the vectors.</p></abstract>

Since august 2011 europe has been facing a new virus which attacks the domestic and wild ruminants. The virus was named after the town where the first isolation had been made. The virus in question is transmitted by the biting midges (Culicoides spp.) and it can survive the winter in the bodies of those insects. it is also known that the virus does not endanger human health and it cannot be transferred directly from one animal to another because it is only carried by the vectors.

Schmallenberg Virus – A New Risk in Cattle Breeding in Europe

Department of Ruminant Science, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Doktora Judyma 10, 71-460 Szczecin, Poland

Annals of Animal Science

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Since august 2011 europe has been facing a new virus which attacks the domestic and wild ruminants. The virus was named after the town where the first...

Schmallenberg Virus – A New Risk in Cattle Breeding in Europe

Published Online: Jul 29, 2014

Page range: 501 - 510

Received: Nov 10, 2013

Accepted: Apr 16, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2014-0045

Keywords
cattle, malformations, ruminants, Schmallenberg virus

© 2014 Barbara Cioch and Ewa Czerniawska-Piątkowska

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schmallenberg Virus – A New Risk in Cattle Breeding in Europe

Published Online: Jul 29, 2014

Page range: 501 - 510

Received: Nov 10, 2013

Accepted: Apr 16, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2014-0045

Keywordscattle, malformations, ruminants, Schmallenberg virus

© 2014 Barbara Cioch and Ewa Czerniawska-Piątkowska

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
cattle, malformations, ruminants, Schmallenberg virus