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The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has permitted the use of three unauthorised bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) vaccines in the England.
The long running veterinary medicine bill was signed last year, but the statutory instrument to effect change was signed last week.
In Ireland, blackleg was also variously known as black-quarter (with its Irish variants ‘cheathrú dhubh’ and ‘cheathrú ghorm’), quarter-evil, quarter-ill and speedy disease. John Flaherty reports.
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These figures are from the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency.
Minister McConalogue's signing off of changes to veterinary medicine rules has drawn criticism from both the IFA and vets.
The new vaccines for the BTV-3 strain of the virus will depend on both supply and demand, so a phased approach is being taken initially.
The new calf scour vaccine has been in development by MSD Animal Health for many years
What does the latest research on bluetongue 3 and the efficacy of the virus's new vaccines say?
This week, we hear of a splash plate ban for 15,000 more farmers, Government plans to exempt slurry storage facilities from planning permission and positivity around milk prices.
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