Government shares new plans on how it will help farmers manage a bluetongue outbreak

The new BTV-3 Government framework sets out how disease control efforts will focus on movement control of susceptible animals and their germinal products as a precautionary tool to stem spread of the disease, until a safe and effective vaccine

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Government shares new plans on how it will help farmers manage a bluetongue outbreak

The Government has set out in a new framework how it will work with the farming industry to manage an outbreak of bluetongue virus in England this year. The Bluetongue Serotype 3 Disease Control Framework...

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