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15 February 2008
AN imported sheep has tested positive for bluetongue in Llandysul, Ceredigion.
16 January 2008
ANOTHER mute swan in Dorset has tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, DEFRA announced today.
10 January 2008
THE highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed in three dead wild mute swans in the Chesil Beach area in Dorset.
21 December 2007
SOME livestock movement restrictions have been eased after a vector-free period for bluetongue disease was declared from today until possibly March next year.
20 December 2007
BLUETONGUE virus has been detected in 20 imported cows on a premises near Worcester, DEFRA announced today.
20 December 2007
DEFRA today announced it is placing a firm order with Intervet to supply 22.5 million doses of bluetongue vaccine.
19 December 2007
DEFRA today lifted the remaining restrictions put in place following the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in Suffolk.
14 December 2007
BLUETONGUE virus has been detected in an imported cow on a premises near Middlesbrough, which is outside the existing bluetongue protection and surveillance zones.
14 December 2007
NORMAL EU livestock movements and trading, particularly exports within the EU, can resume from today after the European Commission lifted the remaining foot-and-mouth disease control measures in Great Britain.
29 November 2007
DEFRA has published the initial epidemiology report int the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in Suffolk.
23 November 2007
THE national ban on bird gatherings has been lifted, with the exception of those planned within restricted, surveillance and protection zones.
21 November 2007
ALL poultry on the fifth premises to be declared a dangerous contact for avian influenza will be culled as a precautionary measure.
19 November 2007
LABORATORY test results today confirmed H5N1 avian influenza in turkeys at one of the dangerous contact premises in Suffolk, DEFRA announced.
18 November 2007
DEFRA today confirmed the completion of culling of birds on four "dangerous contact" premises.
14 November 2007
THE culling of 6,500 birds at a farm with confirmed H5N1 avian influenza was continuing today.
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