Notes on Schmallenberg disease
Complete and updated review of the origin, epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and control of virus Schmallemberg (VSB) and an assessment of current risk of occurrence of the same our country, published by the Official College of Veterinarians of Madrid and conducted by Jose Manuel Sanchez Vizcaino and Victor Rodriguez-Prieto.
Full text: Notes on Schmallenberg disease (Spanish text)
Spanish TV report about Schmallenberg infection
Interesting report broadcasted by the Spanish Public Television (TVE), Agrosfera program, in which Professor Sánchez-Vizcaíno talks about the new disease of Schmallenberg.
From minutes 15 to 17 video (audio in Spanish).
We cannot exclude that the Schmallenberg virus has entered Spain
New published by EFE agency in which the professor José Manuel Sánchez Vizcaíno says that althought there is a "high probability" that the pathogen did not affect Spain in its first wave, it is absolutely necessary to wait before discard safely the presence of the virus, due to the difficulty to detect the virus until abortions occur and the warm autumn with proliferation of the vectors.
Read this publication in the media:
Albéitar, Veterinary portal / Agromeat
Fourth GF-TADS for Europe Steering Committee meeting
La FAO junto a la OIE organizan el "Fourth GF-TADS for Europe Steering Committee meeting (SC4) of the Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases for the Europe" que tendrá lugar en Bruselas los días 26 y 27 de enero.
El Profesor Sánchez-Vizcaíno ha sido invitado a participar con una ponencia sobre el estado de la investigación en la Peste Porcina Africana.
ASF: A Brief overview of the past, present and ...future?
Jose Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno & Lina Mur wrote this outreach article about ASF in www.pig333.com.
New section
We release the new section Emerging Diseases online, which will show updated information on diseases such as African swine fever or Schmallenberg virus.