| Sheep & Lambing
Need for an agreed disease strategy
amid mounting bluetongue risk
With a recent APHA report suggesting an 80% chance of the bluetongue virus serotype 8
(BTV8) hitting UK shores later this year, the National Sheep Association (NSA) is working
hard to keep the need for an agreed disease control strategy at the top of the agenda.
SA understands
the French
Government
currently owns all
existing vaccine
for BTV8 and has
made it compulsory for any stock
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exiting the restriction zone in
France to comply with premovement vaccination
stipulations. Although the UK
currently has its hands tied by
there being no vaccine available,
NSA Chief Executive Phil Stocker
is clear that live 7F