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Posted by Sally on October 27th, 2008 in Farming Issues

The Ministry of Agriculture in Holland has confirmed that three farms have bluetongue virus serotype six (BTV-6). Bluetongue type six has not previously been found in Europe.
The Dutch Ministry of Agriculture said: “The type of bluetongue detected earlier this week in eastern Netherlands appears to be type six. The voluntary vaccination campaign undertaken in the [...]

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Posted by Sally on August 30th, 2008 in Animal Welfare, Farming Issues

Two cases of bluetongue have been confirmed in imported rams on two premises in Souther England, they are the first bluetongue cases in the UK this summer.
The infected rams both come from the same farm in a bluetongue restricted zone in central France and the virus was detected after routine post-movement testing by Defra on [...]

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