1+ week, 3+ day ago   (798+ words) Movement restrictions will ease for most cattle, sheep and goats leaving the south-west control zone from September 10, but livestock keepers are being warned that vaccination remains central to managing the disease. Scotland’s livestock sector is being told to prepare to…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (479+ words) Scotland’s latest case of classical BSE has highlighted the importance of the country’s ongoing surveillance programme, with the disease detected before the animal entered the food chain. The case was confirmed in a cow on a farm in Dumfries and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (408+ words) Northern Ireland livestock farmers are being urged to remain on alert as bluetongue cases continue to rise across Great Britain, with concerns mounting over the potential impact on livestock movements and trade. The latest official figures available from Defra show…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (151+ words) Sheep and cattle classes have been cancelled at this weekend's Abington Show because of the developing bluetongue situation and restrictions in neighbouring districts. The Abington & District Agricultural Society announced the decision ahead of the show on Saturday, August 22. Organisers said…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (303+ words) A case of classical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been detected in a cow on a farm in Dumfries and Galloway. The case was picked up through routine BSE surveillance, with precautionary movement restrictions now in place covering the affected…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (579+ words) Farmers are being urged to order bluetongue vaccine through their veterinary practices as demand surges following confirmation of the first bovine animal in Scotland to test positive for BTV-3. At the time of writing, there are 456 confirmed cases of bluetongue…...

4+ week, 8+ hour ago   (267+ words) Livestock farmers facing bluetongue and drought need an urgent, co-ordinated government response, the Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has said. TFA chief executive George Dunn said the twin pressures were increasing costs and threatening livestock businesses. “Farmers are dealing with a…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (628+ words) The arrival of bluetongue in Scotland has sharpened the focus on how livestock farmers can limit the animal-health and financial consequences of the disease. Bluetongue virus serotype 3 (BTV-3) was confirmed in Scotland this week after circulating in England and Wales....

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (248+ words) Bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) has been detected on a third farm in south-west Scotland, involving one sheep. The latest affected premises is less than 2km from two farms where three individual animals have previously tested positive for the disease. All three farms…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (512+ words) Scotland’s bluetongue position has moved beyond what could reasonably be treated as a single isolated case. Two sheep have tested positive on a second holding close to the original premises, with the results indicating recent infection. Three further suspected cases…...