Risk för större spridning av blåmessjuka i Sverige

15 april 2026

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Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt (SVA) varnar för risk för större smittspridning av den dödliga blåmessjukan i Sverige i år. Rapporter om sjuka och döda småfåglar, främst blåmesar, har ökat sedan februari. SVA har bekräftat sjukdomen på sin webbplats.

Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt (SVA) har noterat en tydlig ökning av rapporter om sjuka och döda småfåglar sedan februari. Det handlar främst om blåmesar, men även talgoxar kan drabbas.

"Vi brukar få spridda rapporter om sjuka småfåglar inom vår viltsjukdomsövervakning, men det här ser vi som en uttalad trend med fler sjuka blåmesar än vanligt", säger Karin Olofsson-Sannö, biträdande statsveterinär vid SVA.

Blåmessjukan orsakas av en bakterie som leder till lunginflammation och snabb död hos fåglarna. SVA får nu rapporter från hela landet om "högar med döda småfåglar" vid fågelbord. "Ena dagen ser de helt friska ut, andra dagen kan det ligga en hög med döda fåglar vid fågelbordet", tillägger Olofsson-Sannö.

Ett större utbrott av sjukdomen drabbade Sverige senast 2020.

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