Bluetongue — France
1. Disease report
France has now reported a total of 285 [287, as of 10 Jun 2016] outbreaks of BTV-8. The restriction zones have not changed in coverage, but all of the seasonally free zones have been revoked. All the recent outbreaks are in cattle holdings, detected by surveillance activities, although the likely date of infection is not clear. No increase in spread towards the north coast of France has been reported, but cases have been detected through surveillance towards the northerly
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