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Politics, News & Issues > Food & Agriculture The Bluetongue virus: Latest crisis for the UK farming industry

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In late September 2007 it was announced that the first UK case of Bluetongue had been found on a farm in Suffolk (1). So what is Bluetongue? Bluetongue virus is one of the orbiviruses and can infect sheep, cattle, goats, deer and camelids. It is not transmissible to humans. Sheep seem to be the most severely infected animals with studies showing that in a susceptible herd up to 70% of the animals may die. Because cattle seem to suffer less than sheep they act as the main reservoir for this disease with transmission occurring via an insect vector. Common symptoms of infection include discha...

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