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After several cases of Foot-rot in sheep in Rogaland county farmers organizations has initiated a large-scale investigation to find out the scope of the problem. The National Veterinary Institute analyzes specimen from animals with symptoms of the disease. The preliminary results show that Foot-rot is widespread in some areas of Rogaland.

The National Veterinary Institute in Norway has detected Scrapie of the Nor98 variant in a seven year old female sheep in the Rendalen municipality of county Hedmark.

Infectious salmon anemia is a serious and contagious virus disease. In a new report the connection between in inheritance and risk of contamination in relation to level of virus in different families of salmon is studied.

The disease Q-fever was recently dicovered for the first time in Finland. A cow that was tested for export was found to be seropositive for the disease. The cow showed no clinical signs of disease.

Researcher Hege Hellberg participated in a course in shrimp diseases at the University of Arizona in July. The course was supervised by Professor Dr. Donald V. Lightner - one of the worlds most prominent experts on diseases in farmed shrimps.

This summer several cases of foot rot was discovered in sheep. The disease can lead to serious limpness and pains for the animals, as well as reduced production and increased cost for farmers.

The contagious animal-disease bluetongue was confirmed in Sweden for the first time. The National Veterinary institute is monitoring the situation carefully.
- We are now assessing the risk of the disease coming to Norway, says assistant director Harald Gjein.

In this years hunting season several cases of inflammations in the feet of wild reindeer was found. Prelimanary investigations at the National Veterinary Institute points at Foot rot in the northern part of Rondane. The same disease was found in last years hunting season in the South of Rondane.

Two new cases of Tularemia in a hare, also known as 'rabbit fever', in Østlandet region was confirmed this week. In total there has been four cases of the disease this year in Østlandet. Analysis and autopsy performed at the National Veterinary Institute confirmed the diagnosis.

The newly published report on zoonoses in Norway 2007 (Trends and sources of zoonoses and zoonotic agents in humans, foodstuffs, animals and feedingstuffs) demonstrates very low levels of zoonotic diseases in Norway.