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Bluetongue Arrives

September 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

Bluetongue was discovered in a cow on a farm near Ipswich. The virus, which is spread by biting midges, has killed 1.8 million animals in less than a decade across the European Union.

Foot and mouth, bluetongue: when does the rain of frogs get here?

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  • 1 Philip Thomas // Sep 23, 2007 at 10:42 am

    How many of those animals were actually killed by bluetongue and how many were culled? Our previous foot and mouth outbreak showed how cull-happy governments can be.

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