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'Long road ahead' with bluetongue

A professor of virology at University of Nottingham said the weather conditions will be important over the next three months. Prof Peter Mertens said: "If you get low temperatures in winter, onward transmission is going to be curtailed"

Rachael Brown
clock • 2 min read
'Long road ahead' with bluetongue

Farmers have been warned whilst positive bluetongue cases continued to be found, temporary control zones (TCZs) would be here to stay, with ‘still a long road' ahead. That was the message from contingency...

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