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Change in Bluetongue zones

3 April 2008

A new Bluetongue Declaration was made at midday today (3 April), the changes are as follows:

Bluetongue map updated 3 April 2008

- The quadrilateral in Protection Zone 1 has been removed.

- The District of Rushmoor has been added to Protection Zone 1.

This replaces the Declaration of a Protection Zone and a Surveillance Zone which was made on 28 March 2008.

Click on the image to see the new zones or go to our bluetongue news channel.

Vaccination plan published

Also today, a Bluetongue vaccination roll out plan has been published by Defra.

Under EU law, vaccination can only be carried out in a Protection Zone. As vaccine starts to be delivered by Intervet, vaccination will commence in the Protection Zone only.

More details of Defra's strategy, alongside indicative prices for the vaccine, can be found on the Defra website.

JAB logo

On 17 March, organisations from across the livestock sector including the NFU, launched the Joint campaign Against Bluetongue (JAB) - click here for more information.

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