Virus not hitting sheep as badly as predicted, says Teagasc expert

The sheep flock is far less at risk from infection with the Schmallenberg virus than had been feared, said a Teagasc expert.

Damien Barrett, from the Regional Veterinary Laboratory in Sligo, told yesterday’s Teagasc National Sheep Conference in Athlone that the disease has been contained.

His views were based on the laboratory’s monitoring of the virus.