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Re: New bluetongue cases in western England

It seems there may be good news on the way on this story. We've been told off the record that a second batch of tests have returned negative results for bluetongue and so no further movement restrrictions will be imposed. This does of course raise questions about the quality of the testing being...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by top tup on Mon, Jan 28 2008
Re: New bluetongue cases in western England

Afraid I've no knowledge of where the outbreak is or how many stock are affected. The feeling is that DEFRA are waiting until Monday so they can consult with stakeholders as to the best course of action. They may extend the current zone westwards or just put in place 20k zones around the outbreaks...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by top tup on Sat, Jan 26 2008
New bluetongue cases in western England

DEFRA is expected to make an announcement on Monday which will confirm new cases of bluetongue in Shropshire and Cheshire. A source close to DEFRA told Farmers Weekly that the cases which had been discovered in the last few days were not believed to have been found in imported animals, suggesting the...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by top tup on Fri, Jan 25 2008
Re: Bluetongue meetings in the south west

25833625, if you have any questions you want answered from the meetings please feel free to post them on the forums and I'll ensure one of the speakers provides the relevant information. Also, you can read a report from the meetings we held last Novemember, regards, Jonathan Long, Livestock Editor...

Posted to Animal banter (Forum) by top tup on Wed, Jan 9 2008
Re: Last night's bluetongue meeting

A more detailed report is now available here

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by top tup on Thu, Nov 8 2007
Last night's bluetongue meeting

Last night was the first of the three bluetongue meetings we're running with NSA, EBLEX, NBA and LAA. We had a great turnout of farmers and the presentations as expected were excellent, particularly Daan Dercksen from the Netherlands. The main lessons from Daan were that next year will be far worse...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by top tup on Thu, Nov 8 2007
Re: Blue Tongue DEFRA spin

Yes Jacobus, but as we can't stop midge movements we have no hope of preventing disease spread completely. Those of us still suffering in the south east have just been slapped in the face again by the EU and face even more losses under the new export rules. Its shambles and we're beggining to...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by top tup on Wed, Nov 7 2007
Bluetongue meetings reminder

This is just a quick reminder to all of you in the south and east of England that the series of bleutongue meetings Farmers Weekly is organising with NSA, EBLEX, NBA and LAA start this week. The first meeting is on Wednesday at Kettering, the second on Thrusday at Thame and the third and final on (for...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by top tup on Mon, Nov 5 2007
Re: Bluetongue Diary Update Friday 26th

I'm afraid there is more bad news to come for the south east. On 15 November the export rules will change again and they won't do anyone in the former F&M risk zone any favours at all, in fact they'll put us further back in terms of prime sales than we are now. I was shown a map defining...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by top tup on Fri, Nov 2 2007
Re: Bluetongue Diary update Mon.22nd.

I'm afraid there is more bad news to come for the south east. On 15 November the export rules will change again and they won't do anyone in the former F&M risk zone any favours at all, in fact they'll put us further back in terms of prime sales than we are now. I was shown a map defining...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by top tup on Fri, Nov 2 2007

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