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The Department of Agriculture is already testing animals on the east coast and working closely with Met Éireann to monitor ...
Liberal Democrat MPs David Chadwick and Helen Morgan are calling on the UK and Welsh governments to work together over bluetongue.
Bluetongue has spread across most of England and this increases the risk of infected midges being blown on the wind across ...
Vaccination is an important weapon in the armoury that has been widely deployed throughout Europe. The FUW feels strongly ...
The UK's chief vets are calling on farmers to seriously consider vaccinating livestock against bluetongue, as concerns mount ...
The Welsh Government confirmed it will allow cattle fully vaccinated to move under licence, from a Restricted Zone to Wales without a ...
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has published its Disease Control Framework for Northern Ireland ...
DAERA has today published its Disease Control Framework for Northern Ireland (NI) for Bluetongue virus (BTV-3).
Powys farmers fear new Welsh Government rules on Bluetongue will cripple cross-border trade and create lasting damage to the sheep industry.
MPs on either side of the Shropshire and Mid Wales border have warned that new restrictions on livestock movement will be ...
Forecasts indicate that midges were able to move into NI from Britain last week and there is a possibility that the virus could already be present in NI.
Bluetongue disease will, inevitably, reach the island of Ireland. And this may well happen sooner rather than later.