All outbreaks of bluetongue were serotype 8. Basically, the foci were noted in the South and center of France. Veterinary services continue to track the movement of livestock products in the country and activities carried out disinfection and vaccination of animals to prevent the spread of the disease.

Two cases of bluetongue were recorded in a zoo in Brazil. Zoo staff found signs of the disease in deer.

Earlier, Russia imposed temporary restrictions on exports to Russia of cattle and France. The reason was the discovery in the country of outbreaks of bluetongue. Under restriction were agricultural, wild, zoo and circus animals susceptible to bluetongue, camels and other representatives of the camelidae family.

Besides, it is prohibited to import semen of bulls, rams, and goats-producers, embryos of cattle and small ruminants (except in-vivo).

Bluetongue is a viral disease of animals that is characterized by lesions of mucous membrane of oral and nasal cavities, swelling of tongue, swelling of the front part of the head, fever and lesions of the extremities. The disease spreads through insect bites, causes loss of livestock productivity, infertility; the mortality rate in herd can reach 70-90%, the productivity of surviving animals for meat and wool regresses.