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Defra grants emergency permit for bluetongue vaccines to be used in England

"There is good evidence that mortality rates are lower and livestock show reduced clinical signs of the disease when they have had the vaccine"

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"It could take at least a couple of weeks yet before the vaccine is available as the Government needs to issue the licences."
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"It could take at least a couple of weeks yet before the vaccine is available as the Government needs to issue the licences."

A vaccine for bluetongue sereotype-3 (BTV-3) could be available to farmers following a rise in cases of the disease on farms along the east of England. Baroness Hayman of Ullock, Biosecurity Secretary...

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