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February 2024 Newsletter
Welcome to Ruminant Health & Welfare Welcome to the first RH&W newsletter of 2024Our important work continues with our focus now on developing a beef welfare strategy with the working
February 16, 2024
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Seasonally vector low period announced for bluetongue
Defra has announced that we are now in a seasonally vector low period when midge activity is much lower, leading to some changes to disease control measures for BTV-3. BTV-3
February 1, 2024
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Norfolk farmers and other stakeholders invited to bluetongue discussion in-person meeting
Norfolk farmers and other stakeholders invited to bluetongue discussion in-person meeting A farmer focussed bluetongue meeting is being organised for Monday 15 January by key industry organisations working together to
January 9, 2024
RH&W BTV-3 announcements 2023
RH&W BTV-3 announcements 2023
BTV-3 announcement – 24/12/23 Following active surveillance in the north-east Kent Temporary Control Zone (TCZ), 1 further case of bluetongue in a cow has been identified in the Sandwich Bay
December 31, 2023
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New licence available for movements out of Bluetongue Temporary Control Zones where there is a welfare need
New licence available for movements out of Bluetongue Temporary Control Zones where there is a welfare need A licence has been made available by Defra for animal movements to be
December 22, 2023
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December Newsletter
Welcome to Ruminant Health & Welfare 2023 will go down as the year of collaboration with the launch of the RH&W Dairy Welfare and RH&W Sheep welfare strategies in June and November respectively,
December 21, 2023