French dairy and livestock farmers face multiple disease threats

Bluetongue serotype 3, Bluetongue serotype 4 and 8, Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) and recently even some cases of anthrax – French cattle farmers are dealing with a multitude of diseases, causing a loss of productivity and fertility as well as the death of their animals. The government has been helping, be it only for some of the diseases that have hit French farmers up and down the country. The farmers’ union is demanding more support and warns of another hot autumn. BTV-8 re-emerg