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In August 2006, cases of bluetongue were found in the Netherlands, then Belgium, Germany, and Luxembourg.

In 2007, the first case of bluetongue in the Czech Republic was detected in one bull near Cheb at the Czech-German border.

In September 2007, the UK reported its first ever suspected case of the disease, in a Highland cow on a rare breeds farm near Ipswich, Suffolk.

Since then the virus has spread from cattle to sheep in Britain.

By October 2007 bluetongue had become a serious threat in Scandinavia and Switzerland and the first outbreak in Denmark was reported.

In autumn 2008, several cases were reported in the southern Swedish provinces of Småland, Halland, and Skåne,