France battles EHD and Bluetongue: Impact on milk production

Epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) has a strong impact on the milk production of an infected cow, first experiences in France show. “While a cow is infected, it can lose almost the totality of its milk production. According to our specialists, the duration of the disease can be up to a month but recovering its productivity to the level of before the infection appears to be more complex,” says Christine Gocianski, economic analyst at the French technical institute for the livestock secto