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Just when I was struggling for something to write about it appears that foot and mouth disease (FMD) is back in the UK. The latest outbreak was confirmed at a Surrey farm this evening. DEFRA has been very quick to implement a 3 km protection zone and 10 km surveillance zone around the farm in question. The outbreak is sure to bring back memories of the 2001 outbreak in the north of England. Back then it was dubious hygiene in a pig finishing unit at Hedon on the Wall in Northumberland. The...
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A sheep looking a bit under the weather. Drooling is a sign of bluetongue. Breaking news this evening that the first ever UK case of Bluetongue disease has been detected at a farm near Ipswich in Suffolk. The disease, caused by a virus transmitted by midges, naturally infects wild and domestic ruminants such as sheep, goats, cattle and deer. Sheep are most severely affected by bluetongue and cattle, although infected more frequently than sheep, quite often don't display any clinical signs...
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Cattle and sheep across Greater Manchester can now be vaccinated against the Bluetongue disease.
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More farms in North Yorkshire will be able to vaccinate livestock against the animal disease bluetongue from Monday.
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Marion County Animal Center has closed after an outbreak of diseases contaminated the facility, 80 dogs will euthanized.
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WASHINGTON (AP)--The government acknowledged that an outbreak of one of the most contagious animal diseases from any of five locations being considered for a new high-security laboratory--an event it considered highly unlikely--would be more devastating to the U.S. economy than an outbreak from...
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Members of the media are cordially invited to a lecture by Professor Philip Mellor entitled 'Bluetongue Disease and Climate Change', to be held at the University of Surrey on Monday 28 July, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.
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Cider-maker HP Bulmer and its water treatment contractor were each fined £300,000 today for health and safety breaches which led to a fatal outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. Judge Alistair McCreath also ordered the Hereford-based drinks firm and Nalco Limited to pay more than £50,000 each in...
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Health Commissioner Dr. Cynthia Morrow said seven confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease have emerged in Onondaga County in the last 10 days.
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But NFU and CLA in the region have warned that the fight to prevent bluetongue disease decimating the region's livestock industry must remain at the top of ...
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The arrival of bluetongue virus (BTV) in the UK last year posed a major threat to the economy and the increasing temperatures of our changing climate mean it is here to stay. If we are to fight this disease, which has had a major impact on farming already
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As the tomato Salmonella outbreak heads past the 800 case level, it's time to ask some questions about why we don't know the source of what is the largest produce associated disease outbreak on record. CDC has its own explanation, namely, that figuring out where tomatoes come from (...)
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- Tomato Salmonella Outbreak Spreads (woai.com)
