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TheDairySite Bluetongue Disease News
Bluetongue Disease
Latest Bluetongue Disease News
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.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Chief Vet to Hear Vaccine Worries UK - Scotland's chief veterinary officer is to attend two public meetings with crofters following their concerns about compulsory bluetongue vaccines.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Further Strain in Belgium BELGIUM - The UK Institute for Animal Health (IAH), as the Bluetongue Reference Laboratory for the EU and OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health), has demonstrated that a cow in the Flanders region of Belgium had been infected with bluetongue virus...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Cymru Fear Return to Circulation WALES, UK - Livestock Board Chairman, Ed Rees, reminded farmers of the continued threat of bluetongue (serotype 8 – BTV8) to cattle and sheep at yesterdays NFU Cymru’s Livestock Board meeting.
Friday, February 06, 2009
France Gets Set for Bluetongue FRANCE - The French Agriculture Ministry has reported that it has enough blue tongue vaccine stock to treat 2.5 million cattle and 2.3 million small ruminants.
Nationwide Bluetongue Vaccination Campaign for Cattle, Sheep and Goats Starts Now in Denmark DENMARK - More than 1.5 million animals must now be vaccinated against bluetongue. This is an extension of last year's comprehensive campaign. As in 2008, vaccination of cattle, sheep and goats is obligatory
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Import Threat from Belgium UK - NFU Scotland is deeply concerned by reports that cattle from Belgium will shortly be arriving in the North of England.
Monday, February 02, 2009
Scottish Livestock Producers Unite to Protect Industry UK - NFU Scotland is today praising Scottish livestock producers for their joint efforts to keep the country free of Bluetongue disease.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Wales Launch Vaccination Strategy UK - Farmers in Wales should get ready now to vaccinate their livestock against Bluetongue, the Welsh Assembly Government has said as it launches the Bluetongue vaccination strategy for 2009 .
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Rapid Test Gets Licensing Agreement UK - The Institute of Animal Health has entered into a worldwide exclusive partnership with QIAGEN N.V., which will bring their novel molecular assay design for bluetongue onto the market in 2009.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Battle of Britain: Developments on Bluetongue UK - As Defra mulls over the details of the EU’s latest plan to overhaul its bluetongue control strategy, Jack Davies looks at how the proposals could affect the UK.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Questions Raised as More Cattle Test Positive UK - DEFRA has confirmed another case of bluetongue from cattle imported from France, this time in a batch of 12 cattle on a farm near Crewe.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Defra Concerned Over Bluetongue Complacency UK - The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), will continue to promote voluntary vaccination against Bluetongue serotype 8 (BTV 8), Jane Kennedy announced today.
Friday, December 12, 2008
EU Allow Preemptive Vaccination EU - The European Commission’s decision to allow pre-emptive vaccination against bluetongue in countries where the disease has still to be confirmed mirrors ideas put forward in an EU-wide website petition, organised by the National Beef Association’s...
Friday, December 05, 2008
Unions Reiterate Call for UK Import Ban UK - The leaders of the NFU, NFU Cymru, NFU Scotland and the Ulster Farmers' Union today jointly reiterated the call for a suspension of live cattle and sheep imports from infected areas in Continental Europe because of the threat of bluetongue.
