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Bluetongue: Latest situation

Key current information

Bluetongue Protection Zone & Surveillance Zone - Declaration and definitive map (PDF) (800 KB) Report on the distribution of Bluetongue infection in Great Britain on 15 March 2008 (PDF) (622 KB) Welsh Assembly Government Bluetongue Declaration Interactive map Movement guidance & licences Designated SZ premises Bluetongue disease contingency plans for GB (43 KB) UK Bluetongue Control Strategy (76 KB)

On 8 May, Defra announced that the Bluetongue Protection Zones will be extended and merged at 06:00 hrs on Monday 12 May, following the delivery of additional doses of Bluetongue vaccine. Vaccination is only permitted within the Protection Zone, therefore in accordance with the Bluetongue vaccination plan, the Protection Zones will be merged by extending the zones into all of Hampshire and West Sussex. The Protection Zone will also be extended into all of Lincolnshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire. The Surveillance Zone is unaffected.

The declaration and map (PDF) (800 KB) which came into force at 06:00, Monday 12 May 2008.

Livestock keepers in the Protection Zone should contact their private vet  to place an order. The message is clear  “Don’t hesitate, vaccinate”.

Livestock keepers may apply to have land which they occupy within 8km of the Bluetongue Surveillance Zone to be designated as part of that zone. Further information...

Defra confirmed on 28 September the circulation of Bluetongue disease between the local animal and midge population in East Anglia. Surveillance and Protection Zones have been established and are extended when necessary.

As at 12:00 on 30 April 2008 there were 127 confirmed premises affected by Bluetongue. The most recent cases were found as a result of pre-movement testing during the vector-free period. This figure will normally be updated weekly on a Friday where necessary.

• Interactive map - Search by postcode to see if you are in the Surveillance Zone or the Protection Zone.
  
• Check if you are affected - See movement guidance and licences.
• Farming industry bluetongue vaccination campaign (links to NFU online website).
• Declarations.
• The Bluetongue Order 2007.
  
  

12 May 2008

• Declaration of a Protection Zone and a Surveillance Zone (PDF) (800 KB) which came into force at 06:00, Monday 12 May 2008.

8 May 2008

• News release: Bluetongue update: extension of protection zone to allow further vaccination; epidemiology report published
• Epidemiology report: Report on the distribution of Bluetongue infection in Great Britain on 15 March 2008 (PDF) (622 KB)

7 May 2008

• News release: Government tender for Bluetongue vaccine.

2 May 2008

• General movement licence EXD479(BT) has been updated.
  

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Page last modified: 12 May, 2008

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