Testing ramped up after suspected case of bluetongue hits Northern Ireland

Testing ramped up after bluetongue virus thought likely to have reached Ireland

Two cows have been culled after the alarm was raised at an abattoir close to Bangor

Testing ramped up after suspected case of bluetongue hits Northern Ireland

Testing has been ramped up after the first suspected Bluetongue case on the island of Ireland.

Testing ramped up after bluetongue virus thought likely to have reached NI

Two cows have been culled in a herd in Bangor, Co Down. Testing has been ramped up after the first suspected Bluetongue case on the island of Ireland. Two cows have been culled after the alarm was raised at an abattoir close to Bangor, Co Down. Northern Ireland’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Andrew Muir said he believes the virus has arrived on the island for the first time. Are you blue tongue aware ? Find out more at : …

NI waiting on test results from Germany and England on suspected bluetongue samples

Samples taken from suspected cases of bluetongue in Northern Ireland are now “subject to confirmatory testing” from laboratories in Germany and England. The Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir, today (Monday, December 1) said the results from the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) in Germany, the EU reference laboratory, and the UK national reference laboratory (NRL) at Pirbright will either conf…

First bluetongue cases confirmed in Northern Ireland

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Butler urges farmers to stay alert amid first Bluetongue case in Northern Ireland

Ulster Unionist Agriculture Spokesperson and Chair of the Stormont Agriculture Committee Robbie Butler MLA is urgeing farmers to stay alert amid the first Bluetongue case in Northern Ireland.