The Meeting was very well attended and seemed to hit about the right level of existing knowledge among the audience (of course like most of these things, probably a large percentage were already convinced of the need to vaccinate and had studied the bumph on diagnosis etc anyway). The vet from Intervet (Rosemary something?) came across very well, with a good appreciation of the practicalities of farming. I had never heard Peter Morris speak before and was very impressed by what he had to say.
The planned vaccination roll out by DEFRA had been released yesterday and Isabel had posted a link to it on a Talking Point thread http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/bluetongue/control/vaccination-rolloutplan.htm
I think most of the audience were surprised at the expected rate of progress of the roll out plan. The governing factor will be the speed of delivery of the vaccine. One big point being made was that the 20 million doses ordered will not be enough and pressure is on DEFRA to place a follow up order. Apparently they are not yet convinced that farmers are really committed to vaccination so it was stressed that everyone should place orders with their vets even if vaccine is not expected to be available in their area until later in the summer. This will give confidence that a further order can be placed.