Bluetongue vaccine hits the north-west
4:09pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008
THE vaccine for Bluetongue disease has moved a step closer to the region’s livestock farmers.
Farms in Cheshire and Greater Manchester will now be able to vaccinate their animals after the north-west of England was admitted into the Bluetongue Protection Zone.
But Cumbria and north Lancashire remains outside of the protection zone, and there are still fears that if the vaccine does not reach the region within the next week, farmers will lose out when sales begin at the end of August, because each animal must wait for one month after receiving the jab before it can be moved.