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The latest bluetongue situation, how to spot it, report it and prevent it spreading.
Bluetongue does not affect human health or food safety.
Apply for a specific licence to move animals onto or off a bluetongue restricted premises.
Preliminary outbreak assessments, qualitative risk assessments and updated situation assessments for bluetongue virus in Europe.
Bluetongue virus serotype 3 was confirmed in cattle on a premises near Cantley, Broadland, Norfolk on 8 December 2023.
Bluetongue virus serotype 3 was confirmed in cattle and sheep in north-east Kent.
General licence to allow farmers to vaccinate their animals against bluetongue.
Sets out the disease control measures we would consider if bluetongue virus was suspected or confirmed in farm animals.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal and bird disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export other animal by products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
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Bluetongue has been successfully picked up in a number of cattle imported from France through the UK's robust post-import testing regime.
Livestock keepers urged to talk to their vets about vaccinating animals
Farmers are being urged to monitor their stock carefully for bluetongue symptoms.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
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