Livestock farmers

Claims had been circulating amongst farmers that shearing could increase the sheep's physical exposure to biting midges.

Boehringer Ingelheim said they would have loved the vaccine rollout to be 'quicker', but there has been a ‘huge shift in both the disease and demand picture'

Bluetongue virus itself poses the greatest threat to breeding performance, not the vaccine.

Victoria Atkins said Defra needed to 'drastically improve' the speed and quantity of communication to farmers, as well as accelerating testing and vaccine availability

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NSA said while the bluetongue vaccine offered another tool for farmers, it would not protect livestock totally