Brussels, 12/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - The Schmallenberg virus, the new, recently detected virus in ruminants (cattle, sheep and goats) in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, is the focus of European Union attention and, on 11 January, stock was taken of what is known of the virus at the meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH). Member state experts on the committee were briefed on the situation and on the state of scientific knowledge on the virus...