Bluetongue News
BLUETONGUE LATEST NEWS
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Bluetongue Zones - Extension for Monday 11th August
Defra has
today announced that the Bluetongue Protection Zone will be
extended again on Monday 11 August.
The
Protection Zone will be extended to cover the Counties of Durham
and Tyne and Wear (Metropolitan Boroughs of Newcastle upon Tyne,
North Tyneside, Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland) and
the Unitary Authorities of Hartlepool, Darlington,
Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland.
Livestock
keepers in the areas coming into the Protection Zone will be
able to obtain the vaccine from Monday. However, they are
encouraged to order vaccine so that they can protect their
livestock at the earliest opportunity.
Bluetongue Zones - Extension for Thursday 7th August
Defra have announced a change as from 00.01 on Thursday 7 August 2008
The Protection Zone will extend to cover those parts of :-
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Shropshire (District of Oswestry)
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Cheshire (Districts of Vale Royal, Chester and Ellesmere Port and Neston),
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Greater Manchester (Metropolitan Boroughs of Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Trafford and Salford) and
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North Yorkshire (Districts of Richmondshire and Craven) previously in the Free Area
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Merseyside (including the Metropolitan Boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral), the Unitary Authorities of Halton and Warrington
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Lancashire (including the Unitary Authorities of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen).
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This follows the delivery by Merial of over 2 million additional doses of Bluetongue serotype 8 (BTV- 8) vaccine.
This just leaves, Cumbria, Co Durham and Northumberland in England out of the Protection Zone. We should also have an announcement on the protection zone for Wales soon.
Final Surveillance areas join Protection Zone - 25th July
From Monday 28th July, 00.01 the Protection Zone will be extended again to cover
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Herefordshire
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Unitary authority of Telford and Wrekin
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Shropshire - the districts of North Shropshire, Shrewsbury and Atcham, South Shropshire and Bridgnorth
This mean that all counties that were previously in the Surveillance Zone are now in the Protection Zone. Therefore there is NO surveillance zone remaining in England.
New Counties to join the Protection Zone - 21st July
From Monday 21st July, 00.01 the Protection Zone will be extended again to cover
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Worcestershire (at last!)
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North Yorkshire the Districts of Scarborough, Ryedale, Hambleton & Harrogate
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Cheshire the Districts of Macclesfield, Congleton & Crewe and Nantwich
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Great Manchester the Districts of Rochdale, Oldham, Tameside and Stockport
No change to the Surveillance Zone has been made. This leaves the counties of Shropshire (part) and Herefordshire still in Surveillance Zone. The Welsh Assembly have also announced that there will be no extension of the Welsh Protection zone for at least a few weeks and maybe longer.
If you are unsure which zone you will be in from that date, please check the interactive map on the Defra website.
For the rules and regulations concerning movement of vaccinated stock please refer to the Defra website for details. Movement licences