Feb. 16 2024
Source Page: Bluetongue virus – Latest situation: TCZs to be liftedFound: was found cattle and sheep in Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Dec. 20 2023
Source Page: Bluetongue: how to spot and report the diseaseFound: Bluetongue: how to spot and report the disease
Jun. 09 2008
Source Page: List, dated 21/05/2008, of ongoing research projects in DEFRA, including costs and end date. 93 p.Found: of Mareks disease: Is vaccination responsible for virulence evolution in Mareks disease?
Jan. 10 2024
Source Page: Letter dated 08/01/2024 from Lord Evans of Rainow to Lords regarding an update on the cases of Bluetongue that have been found in Kent and Norfolk, as discussed during the Oral Question on Vector-borne Diseases. 2p.Found: Bluetongue is an exotic notifiable disease of ruminants (cattle, sheep, deer and goats) and camelids
May. 07 2024
Source Page: Information leaflet about bluetongue virus in animalsFound: Bluetongue is a notifiable disease which affects ruminants (such as cattle, sheep, goats, and deer)
May. 07 2024
Source Page: Information leaflet about bluetongue virus in animalsFound: Bluetongue is a notifiable disease which affects ruminants (such as cattle, sheep, goats, and deer)
Mar. 15 2024
Source Page: Section 80 report for 2023 under the Animal Health Act 1981Found: Return of expenditure incurred and prosecutions taken under the Animal Health Act 1981 and incidences of disease
Mar. 15 2024
Source Page: Section 80 report for 2023 under the Animal Health Act 1981Found: Return of expenditure incurred and prosecutions taken under the Animal Health Act 1981 and incidences of disease
Asked by: Neil Hudson (Conservative - Penrith and The Border)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the number of bluetongue virus cases in cattle and sheep in (a) Kent and (b) Norfolk.
Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Upon detection of bluetongue disease in Kent in November during our routine surveillance, Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency officials took immediate and robust action, and an investigation is ongoing to understand the origin of the disease. The animals on the affected premises in Kent and Norfolk have been humanely culled to prevent further potential spread of disease and surveillance and epidemiological assessments are on-going.
We have also put Temporary Control Zones in place in Kent and Norfolk to prevent potential spread of disease. Within the Zones, there are restrictions on the movement of susceptible animals, except under licence. The Control Zones will stay in place until we have ascertained if there is any circulating virus and that removing it would not affect disease control. We will review the need for the Zones when we have completed surveillance. We continue to work closely with industry representatives to ensure that keepers are kept up to date with developments and that issues and concerns are addressed promptly.
Dec. 07 2010
Source Page: Summary of responses to the consultation on the simplification of livestock movement rules and identifiers in England (31 March to 30 June 2010). 4 p.Found: where livestock are moved and located whilst maintaining robust systems for livestock traceability and disease