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Bluetongue Update: Extension of the PZ into Yorkshire 02/07/08
Defra have announced this afternoon that in accordance with the Bluetongue vaccination plan, the Protection Zone will be extended on Monday 7th July to cover:
- East Riding of Yorkshire (including the City of Kingston upon Hull)
- South Yorkshire (made up of the metropolitan boroughs of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield)
- Gloucestershire (including the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire)
- Warwickshire
Please note, the declaration does not come into force till 00:01 Monday 7th July
Defra
Extension of the Protection Zone.
Extension of the Protection Zone to East /West and South Yorkshire and Selby District is planned for Week beginning 2nd June. Vaccine will be made available at the same time from Vets. Movements arrangements will also change so check before moving stock. Will members please help by telling those people who keep animals as pets. I keep for example three sheep for lawn mowing. Because such keepers often do not read farming press or receive information from membership of associations they could miss out on the up to date situation. There will be a postcard reminder sent out in early June to all those who are Defra registered which should include many of these smaller number keepers. I shall receive one as I have a flock number. It is very important if we are to control this very painful and debilitating disease of our livestock that as near to 100% vaccination is achieved so please spread the message whenever you can. Graham Ward
Bluetongue Disease - Latest NFU update.
Defra have announced that the Bluetongue Protection Zones will be extended again at 06:00am on Monday 19th May, following the delivery of an additional three million doses of Bluetongue vaccine. The Protection Zone will be extended to cover all of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Wiltshire and Somerset, the SZ is unaffected.
Bluetongue – Don’t hesitate Vaccinate!
Now that Bluetongue vaccination is well underway, we are gearing up to promote the need for farmers to vaccinate against this nasty disease in the North East. In order to spread the word to farmers about the necessity to protect their stock we have secured funding from regional development agencies Yorkshire Forward and One North East to send out over 13,000 postcards as part of the JAB campaign to all cattle and sheep keepers on the Defra database. These are timed to go out in Yorkshire early June and then to Richmondshire, Craven (currently in the free area), Durham and Northumberland 2 weeks later. Along with sending out the postcards we are also running some meetings on the disease and vaccination with Catherine McLaughlin who is the NFU national animal health and welfare adviser. They are being held as follows, all members welcome:
Tuesday 3rd June – Askham Bryan college – 7:30pm
Monday 16th June – The George at Piercebridge – 7:30pm
Tuesday 17th June – Kirkley Hall College, Ponteland – 7:30pm.
Bluetongue vaccine – use in goats
The Goat veterinary Society has issued clarification on their Website on the use of the vaccine in goats; the vaccine is not licensed for use on goats however a vet can prescribe it under the Cascade system. The society has received a letter from the Veterinary Medicines Directorate confirming that when BTV8 vaccine is used in the goat there will be no need to withhold milk or meat from sale at all. They also report that this has been agreed by the EU Commission so is now the basis for the use of the vaccine in goats throughout Europe. Intervet has stated that their recommendation for vaccinating goats will be two doses of 1 ml each, given three to four weeks apart.
Rural Emergency Contacts
Farm Crisis Network www.farminghelp.org.uk or 07002 326 326
The ARC-Addington Funds - 02476 690 587
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Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) - 01865 727888
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