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TheCattleSite Bluetongue Disease News
Bluetongue Disease
Latest Bluetongue Disease News
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Calls for Bluetongue 'Fire Extinguisher' From NBA UK - After welcome news yesterday that tests following suspected cases of bluetongue disease in England were likely to prove negative, there remains the question of how Scotland should approach this threat, which has the potential to cause huge disruption...
Monday, January 28, 2008
New Bluetongue Outbreak Suspected UK - A possible new outbreak of the bluetongue virus is being investigated in animals in north-west England. The suspected cases have been found in north Shropshire and Greater Manchester and two of the animals are sheep.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Planning an Effective Bluetongue Strategy BRUSSELS, EU - A conference was held last week to discuss the current situation of Bluetongue disease in the EU and a relevant approach to any further outbreaks in the future.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Bluetongue Virus Special UK - National Farmers’ Union members were given the chance to learn more about bluetongue from some of the world’s leading scientific experts on the virus at a recent conference organised by the NFU and the Institute of Animal Health..
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Bluetongue is Tops Topic with Minister IRELAND, UK - The Ulster Farmers’ Union leadership team met with Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew this week to discuss progress on a number of farming issues. Protecting the Northern Ireland livestock industry from Bluetongue topped the agenda...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Intervet Has Developed Bluetongue Vaccine THE NETHERLANDS – Animal health company Intervet International bv, part of Schering-Plough Corporation, has developed a vaccine against Bluetongue serotype 8, for sheep and cattle. The vaccine has been taken into production now. Intervet is aiming to...
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Bluetongue Explosion Forecast For 2008 UK - Experts have predicted an explosion in the number of bluetongue cases in 2008, with potentially dire consequences for livestock farmers.
Friday, January 04, 2008
EU Cattle Virus Rules Questioned UK - Bluetongue disease is the plague that every farmer in Scotland hopes will be contained south of the Border. Towards the end of last week Richard Lochhead, the cabinet secretary for rural affairs, made his position quite clear.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Scotland Questions Bluetongue Controls SCOTLAND - Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has today called for an urgent review of export controls on bluetongue susceptible animals to prevent the virus spreading.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Bluetongue Vaccine Strategy Critical UK - NFU Scotland has stressed the importance of Defra developing a coherent bluetongue vaccination strategy over the Winter, ahead of the disease’s likely re-emergence next year and the production of the first vaccine to fight it.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Imported Animal Carried Bluetongue UK - Defra today announced that Bluetongue virus has been detected in an imported cow on a premises near Middlesbrough which is outside the existing Bluetongue Protection and Surveillance Zones. animal was later culled.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
EU Set To Battle Bluetongue Virus Well Into 2008 EU - Bluetongue, the viral disease that has ravaged northern Europe's cattle and sheep this year, looks set to persist well into 2008 when the only realistic weapon left to fight it will be a vaccine, farming sources say.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Tender Issued for BT Vaccine Bank UK - A tender for a Bluetongue vaccine bank is to be issued by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Monday, November 05, 2007
Farmers' Buetongue Mission to France UK - Three leading East Anglian livestock farmers will visit France on Monday to find out about the impact of bluetongue across the Channel.
SBCA Rejects Bluetongue Protection Zone Widening Proposal SCOTLAND - The Scottish Beef Cattle Association has taken issue with its English-based counterpart the National Beef Association who have called for Scotland to be included in a GB-wide bluetongue protection zone.
Friday, November 02, 2007
Paice slams Defra over Bluetongue vaccine announcement UK - The Conservatives have accused Defra of ‘rushing out’ the announcement on tendering for a Bluetongue vaccine in response to pressure from MPs and the industry.
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Bluetongue Control Zones Merged As Case Found In Peterborough UK - DEFRA has merged the Bluetongue Control Zone in Peterborough with the Control Zone covering East Anglia, Kent and East Sussex to create a single zone in the east of England.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
New Case Of Bluetongue Confirmed UK - New animal movement restrictions are being introduced in Cambridgeshire after a second case of bluetongue disease was confirmed in the county.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Bluetongue Reaches Switzerland SWITZERLAND - The Swiss veterinary authorities have registered the first case of bluetongue disease in the country, after cows were infected near Basel.
