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TheCattleSite Bluetongue Disease News
Bluetongue Disease
Latest Bluetongue Disease News
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Bluetongue Vaccine Price Cuts Cost Thousands UK - Vet practices which were forced to sell bluetongue vaccines at a loss following Defra’s decision to cut the price of vaccine have lost thousands of pounds as a result.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Hot Summer Forecast Brings Bluetongue Warning UK - With weather forecasters predicting a hot summer, livestock producers are being urged to vaccinate against the threat of bluetongue.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Vaccinations will Encourage Buyers UK - Store cattle breeders selling at North of England auction markets can widen the range of competition for their stock, and hopefully earn more money, if they inject them, pre-sale, against bluetongue virus eight (BTV8).
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Defra Forced to Cut Cost of Vaccines UK - Defra has today announced that its remaining Bluetongue vaccine stocks will be discounted by 50 per cent, effective from Thursday 7 May.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Scottish Farmers Urged to Check Vaccination Status UK - NFU Scotland is urging all Scottish livestock producers to maintain their vigilance against bringing the devastating livestock disease, bluetongue into the country.
Friday, April 24, 2009
UFU President Sets Out Bluetongue Facts Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) President Graham Furey recently outlined the UFU's firm stance on the need to keep Northern Ireland Bluetongue free.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Fort Dodge Provides Vaccine in Jersey GENERAL - Fort Dodge Animal Health has provided its Zulvac® 1 vaccine against Serotype 1 Bluetongue (BTV-1) in cattle and sheep to vets in Jersey under the terms of a Special Export Licence from the French Government.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Mild Weather Warning for Livestock Producers WALES, UK - Mild spring temperatures mean that the need to vaccinate livestock against bluetongue is now “critical”, said Wales’ chief veterinary officer.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Dutch Cows Breach Bluetongue Rules NETHERLANDS - The two in-calf Dutch cows which had been left stranded at Stranraer after breaching European bluetongue rules, are to be sent back to the Netherlands ‘as a matter of urgency’.
Friday, April 03, 2009
European Danger: Global Warming and Bluetongue EU - Global warming could have chilling consequences for European livestock, warned Professor Peter Mertens from the Institute for Animal Health, at this week's meeting of the Society for General Microbiology in Harrogate.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
French Attempt to Stamp out Bluetongue FRANCE - With more than 32,000 cases of bluetongue in France last year and the arrival of BTV1, French farmers and vets are well versed in bluetongue vaccination.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
IFA Calls for Immediate Import Suspension IRELAND - The Irish Farmers' Aassociation (IFA) Deputy President Derek Deane said Ireland is now facing into yet another high-risk period for Bluetongue transmission since the identification of the virus in Northern Europe for the first time in August...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Welsh Vaccines in Jeopardy WALES, UK - Bluetongue vaccine doses worth an estimated £3m may have to be written off in Wales if farmers fail to jab their animals this spring.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Catastrophe Awaits in Absence of Jabs UK - Cattle farmers shouldn't assume bluetongue is only a threat to the sheep sector.
Friday, March 13, 2009
QMS Answers Vaccination Questions UK - As the industry works towards the April 30 deadline for compulsory Bluetongue vaccination in Scotland QMS answers your latest questions.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Scotland Maintains Vigilance UK - National Farmers Union Scotland has welcomed confirmation that Scottish farmers are shunning imports of cattle and sheep from Europe in a bid to keep Scotland free of the devastating disease, bluetongue.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
More Warnings Over Bluetongue UK - Farmers are in a race against time to protect East Yorkshire from a worrying livestock disease.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
The Emerging EU Disease Threat UK - The UK is threatened by a large number of emerging livestock diseases and controlling them will take a co-ordinated European and international approach.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
JAB Campaign Keeps Up Pace for 2009 UK - Take advantage and vaccinate your animals before turning them out to protect them from the threat of bluetongue. This is the message from the JAB campaign which aims to keep up the pressure on livestock farmers to vaccinate for the coming season...
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Remote Farms Gain Extension to Vaccination Deadline UK - NFU Scotland has welcomed the Scottish Government’s decision to extend the compulsory Bluetongue vaccination deadline for some of Scotland’s most remote livestock farmers.
