Jump directly to main navigation Jump directly to content Jump to sub navigation

Short Messages

Calf on pasture (© FLI)

Switzerland gives the all-clear: no EHDV in cattle, measures lifted

| Short Messages

According to the Federal Office of Food Safety and Veterinary Medicine of Switzerland (BLV), the reference laboratory of the World Organisation for…

Read more
Verleihung der Professor Niklas-Medaille an Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Thomas C. Mettenleiter (© BMEL)

Höchste Auszeichnung des BMEL für ehemaligen FLI-Präsidenten

| Short Messages

Im Rahmen des politischen Erntedanks zeichnete das Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL) den ehemaligen Präsidenten des…

Read more
Map: outbreaks of EHDV in Europe since 01.05.2022, as of 17.10.2023.

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (EHDV) detected for the first time in a calf in Switzerland

| Short Messages

On 10 October, Switzerland confirmed the infection of a calf in the canton of Bern with the "Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (EHDV)". The outbreak…

Read more
Schwarzkopfschafe (© FLI)

First outbreak of bluetongue serotype 3 in Germany confirmed

| Short Messages

The National Reference Laboratory for Bluetongue of the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute confirms the first outbreak of bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) in…

Read more
Karte: Übersicht der Fälle von Blauzungenkrankheit seit 01.05.2023, Stand 21.09.2023

Outbreak of bluetongue serotype 3 in the Netherlands - possible cases in Germany

| Short Messages

Dutch veterinarians observed clinical signs of bluetongue (BTV) in sheep on five farms in the provinces of Noord-Holland and Utrecht on 3 and 4…

Read more
Hausschwein (© pexels)

Key gene for African swine fever infection found

| Short Messages

African swine fever (ASF) has become so widespread in Europe and other parts of the world in recent years that it can be described as a panzootic…

Read more
cat-3846780.jpg

Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza H5N1: Infected cats in Poland

| Short Messages

At the end of June, the State Veterinary Institute in Puławy, Poland, reported suspected cases of infection with the highly pathogenic avian influenza…

Read more
Titelblatt: Risikoeinschätzung

Risk assessment for the spread of avian influenza decreases from high to moderate - however no end to the epidemic in wild birds in sight

| Short Messages

The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI) has lowered its current assessment of the spread of the disease and its introduction into poultry farms to…

Read more
(© BMEL)

Abschied im Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft

| Short Messages

Am 28. Juni 2023 verabschiedete der Bundesminister für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft Cem Özdemir in einer kleinen Feierstunde im Bundesministerium für…

Read more