Investigating Foot-rot in western Norway
Photo: Embrik Gjengedal.
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.
A total of 250 000 sheep will be examined to look for symptoms of Foot-rot by the farmer organizations NSG and Animalia. The disease, if widespread in larger areas, may turn out to be a huge problem for the sheep farmers in some areas of Norway. The Norwegian Food Authority will collect samples flocks with suspicion of infection. The National Veterinary Institute is expecting a large number of samples in the next few weeks.
Contact at the National Veterinary Institute
Berit Djønne
Head of Section Bacteriology
Telephone;+47 23 21 63 23
E-mail: berit.djonne@vetinst.no
