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Latest bluetongue announcement

BTV-3 announcement – 04/03/2024 There are 123 bluetongue cases in England on 73 premises in 4 counties. There are 116 cases in cattle and 7 cases in sheep. There is still no evidence that bluetongue virus is currently circulating in

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Information for farmers in former TCZ

Ruminant Health & Welfare has worked with stakeholders from across the ruminant sector to create a flowchart to help farmers in the recently lifted Temporary Control Zones (TCZ) navigate what this means for their farm and animal movements during the

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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 group as well as progressing the welfare goals identified in

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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 is the new strain of bluetongue currently being found in