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Cattle and sheep to benefit from Bluetongue vaccines
21/ 7/2008
CATTLE and sheep in the Rochdale borough can now be vaccinated against Bluetongue.
Bluetongue is a disease that affects ruminating animals including cattle, deer, goats and camelids (camels, llamas, alpacas, guanaco and vicua) and particularly sheep. It does not affect pigs or horses.
The disease is characterised by changes to the mucous linings of the mouth and nose and the coronary band of the foot. It is caused by a virus spread by certain types of biting midges and does not affect humans.
The Government’s Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced that the borough was placed in the Bluetongue Protection Zone from 21 July.
The new declaration means the Bluetongue Surveillance Zone, will change to a Protection Zone in the area, which allows vaccines to be used to fight the spread of the disease.
The areas where animals can and cannot be moved have not changed. While there is no blanket ban on the movement of livestock there are still restrictions preventing movement without testing and licences to the Bluetongue Free Zone.
This zone is still immediately to the north and west of the borough and includes the neighbouring areas of Rossendale and Bury. Full details can be obtained from the Defra website at www.defra.gov.uk or by contacting its helpline on 08459 33 55 77.
Rochdale Council’s head of planning and regulation Peter Rowlinson said: “Vaccination is a very effective way of controlling the disease and we would advise animal keepers to contact their veterinary surgeons to arrange for their animals to be vaccinated. Please make contact as soon as possible because the vaccine needs to be ordered through Defra.”
The council’s environmental control team is available to provide advice and assistance to the farming community. They can be contacted on 924225 and are available from 9am to 4.45pm, Monday to Friday.
More details on issues such as orders, tests and licences as well as the latest information can be found on the Defra website at www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/bluetongue.
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