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The new BTV-3 Government framework sets out how disease control efforts will focus on movement control of susceptible animals and their germinal products as a precautionary tool to stem spread of the disease, until a safe and effective vaccine

Counties along the south and east coasts of England, including Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, and Sussex, are considered 'most likely to be impacted'

Future proofing this show season and those in the future was the main topic at the Association of Show and Agricultural Organisations Welsh conference

Court told animals were kept in a hazardous environment and given an inadequate diet

That was the message from new livestock board chair and Gloucestershire beef suckler farmer David Barton, who added the ‘unpredictability' of this strain of bluetongue was worrying

Poultry farmers and industry experts attended this years NFU poultry research seminar to discuss the latest news in the poultry industry. Ellie Layton reports.

Over 100 cases of the virus have been detected on farms in Kent, Suffolk and Norfolk since November 2023

55 farms in Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk have confirmed 99 cases of the virus

APHA confirmed a 3km protection zone and a 10km surveillance zone had been declared around the affected farm

The Animal and Plant Health Agency said 70 cases of the virus had been reported on 43 farms in Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk since November 11