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The signs of bluetongue virus and how you must report it in sheep, cattle and other livestock.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep animals safe from bluetongue virus.
How to spot, report and prevent the spread of bluetongue, and information on current cases and movement restrictions.
When you need to use a movement licence and designated slaughterhouses for bluetongue restricted premises.
How livestock keepers in high-risk counties of England can get free bluetongue testing for their animals.
This guidance only applies to movements of bluetongue susceptible animals. Non-susceptible animals may attend shows as normal.
General licence to allow farmers to vaccinate their animals against bluetongue.
Preliminary outbreak assessments, qualitative risk assessments and updated situation assessments for bluetongue virus in Europe.
In the event of a bluetongue outbreak, controls will be imposed to prevent the spread of disease via the germinal product from bluetongue-susceptible animals.
If you keep bluetongue-susceptible livestock, you should consider voluntarily testing these animals to demonstrate they remain free from bluetongue disease.
These weekly reports describe the risk of entry of bluetongue virus (BTV)- or epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV)-infected midges into Great Britain.
Bluetongue virus serotype 3 was confirmed in cattle on a premises near Cantley, Broadland, Norfolk on 8 December 2023.
Posters to help you raise awareness of the risks of bluetongue.
Bluetongue virus serotype 3 was confirmed in cattle and sheep in north-east Kent.
Bluetongue does not affect human health or food safety.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Leaflet about bluetongue virus serotype 3 (BTV-3) that has been confirmed in England.
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