The spread of Lumpy skin disease, Bluetongue and African swine fever are keeping Swiss veterinary authorities on the alert. Epizootic diseases dominated the news this summer. After an outbreak of contagious nodular dermatitis (Lumpy skin disease) in Savoy, France, thousands of cattle had to be vaccinated in the cantons of Geneva, Vaud and Valais. It is one of the diseases that currently pose the greatest challenges, according to federal authorities. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "The disease has reached Italy and France. So far there have been no cases in Switzerland, but the risk of introduction is high," the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSOV) told news agency Keystone-SDA. The danger of the disease being imported by insects is great. The vaccination campaigns conducted in the canton of Geneva and parts of the cantons of Vaud and Valais are preventive in nature. The authorities are also keeping an eye on the African swine fever, which ...
