Sentence examples for * bluetongue from inspiring English sources

Another classic from the Australian Bluetongue Films archive is Nash Edgerton's Spider.

"The spread of bluetongue virus was driven entirely by the temperature changes in Europe," he said.

There is a rapid, accurate test and an effective vaccine for the strain of bluetongue virus currently in France.

Farm animals can be cooped up, albeit at a price, but the midges that transmit the bluetongue virus cannot.Nor is culling sick animals likely to be effective against bluetongue, says Matthew Baylis, a professor of epidemiology at Liverpool University.

It has been asked to draw up a savings plan to help balance the books after recent outbreaks of foot and mouth and bluetongue.

Schmallenberg virus is the second midge-borne disease known to have invaded the UK, with bluetongue virus having arrived in 2007.

Catherine McLaughlin, the National Farmers Union's chief adviser on animal health and welfare, said: "We are taking the threat of bluetongue seriously.

Fred Landeg, acting chief veterinary officer, said: 'Importers need to consider the potential risks to the UK industry as a whole from importing animals from bluetongue restricted zones.' A bluetongue outbreak was detected in the UK in Suffolk in September, when two cows tested positive for the disease.

If bluetongue does get a footing in Britain, the same thing is likely to happen to its herds but this could well take many years.

Bluetongue virus (BTV), a vector-borne pathogen, is the causative agent of bluetongue disease in ruminants.

Researchers aren't sure why bluetongue is moving north.