decrease font size
increase font size
change type face
bookmark this page
email this page
print this page
TheBeefSite Bluetongue Disease News
Bluetongue Disease
Latest Bluetongue Disease News
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
France Confirms New Cases of BTV8 FRANCE - Due to a circulating virus in the areas of the Ardeche, Ardennes, Aube, Ille et Vilaine, Lot, Meuse, Upper Rhine, the Savoie, Yvelines and the Essonne, the French bluetongue control zone has been expanded.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Northumberland Warned of Bluetongue Change UK - Northumberland County Council's Animal Health and Welfare Team today warned farmers of impending changes which will restrict their ability to move livestock, especially into Scotland.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
England to be Bluetongue Protection Zone in September UK - Defra has today confirmed that the Bluetongue Protection Zone will be extended into Northumberland and Cumbria shortly. However, this will not happen before 1 September unless the re-emergence of circulating disease requires it.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Towards Understanding Bluetongue Outbreaks GENERAL - A recent article published in Virology, reports the identification of a bluetongue virus strain that caused the northern European Bluetongue outbreak in 2006.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Dutch Urged to Vaccinate NETHERLANDS - The Dutch Agriculture Ministry urged farmers to vaccinate their goats, sheep and cattle against the bluetongue livestock disease after confirming five new cases in the north of the Netherlands on Friday.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Autumn BTV8 Explosion Could Spell Disaster UK - An autumn explosion in BTV8 will make all unvaccinated stock vulnerable to infertility, abortion and stunted growth rates.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Wales to Become One Big Bluetongue Zone UK - The whole of England and Wales could become a bluetongue protection zone within weeks following the Welsh Assembly Government’s decision to extend the zone to the whole of Wales instead of opting for a gradual roll-out, county by county.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Midge-Hunting Scientists Take on Bluetongue UK - Scientists at the BBSRC-funded Institute for Animal Health (IAH) are stepping up the battle against the devastating and economically damaging bluetongue virus.
Bluetongue Return in France Cause for Concern UK - A re-emergence of the Bluetongue Serotype 8 Virus in France has prompted the Ulster Farmers’ Union to urge the local farming industry to keep up its guard against the disease.
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Time Is Right For BT Vaccination Roll-Out Review UK - NFU Scotland believes the time is right for the UK livestock industry to take stock of the Bluetongue vaccination programme underway in England and Wales.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Extension of Bluetongue Protection Zone to Allow Further Vaccination UK - The Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs has announced that the Bluetongue Protection Zone will be extended again on Thursday 7 August. This follows the delivery by Merial of over two million additional doses of Bluetongue serotype 8...
Friday, July 25, 2008
EU Members Urged to Analyse Bluetongue Vectors EU - The European Commission asked the Animal Health and Welfare Panel (AHAW) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to deliver advice on bluetongue with specific reference to the overwintering of the bluetongue virus and the measures that can be...
Merial Unveil the Liquid Bluetongue Vaccine UK - Animal health company Merial has just launched the latest product in its range of bluetonge vaccines.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Bluetongue Spreads Despite Vaccinations EU - Bluetongue is back. It has survived another winter in northern Europe, and now farmers are vaccinating livestock in a race against the biting midges that carry the virus.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Possible Change in Bluetongue Policy WALES - Welsh assembly rural affairs minister, Elin Jones, indicated a possible change to the bluetongue vaccination policy in the principality when she visited the Royal Welsh Show on Monday.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Vaccination Vital to Keep Rare Breeds Alive UK - Keepers of rare and traditional breeds of susceptible animals in the Bluetongue Protection Zone in England and Wales were urged today to contact their vets to arrange urgent vaccination of their animals.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Vaccine Rolls in, Bluetongue Zone Spreads Out UK - The UK Bluetongue Protection Zone is to be expanded once more, following the delivery of almost 2 million additional doses of Bluetongue vaccine.
Farmers Wanted for Bluetongue Study UK - Scientists are calling on farmers to help with research in the bid to battle the development of bluetongue in the UK.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Bluetongue Vaccine on it's Way to Scotland UK - Twelve million doses of bluetongue vaccine for Scottish livestock have been secured, it has been announced today.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Infertility Problems with Vaccine Denied UK - One of the UK's leading bluetongue experts has moved to quash rumours that the vaccine is causing infertility problems in sheep on the continent.
