At present, vaccination is the only evidence-based control option available to farmers now at risk of exposure.
Leading EasyCare sheep breeder, Campbell Tweed, vaccinated all his breeding ewes and rams against bluetongue in January.
Northern Ireland farmers are in “a state of uncertainty and limbo” regarding bluetongue, according to the Ulster Farmers’ ...
This year we ran sheep scab screening of a proportion of imported rams funded by Livestock Health Scotland using the blood Elisa test. This found increased levels of blood positives to sheep scab in ...