Import surge’s Bluetongue virus threat

The National Disease Control Centre is a state body of major importance to Irish farmers.

Every now and then we, as veterinary practitioners, receive communications from this section of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine, alerting us to be vigilant for some exotic disease that may be making its way towards our nation. The latest such warning asks us to be on the lookout for Bluetongue disease caused by the Bluetongue virus (BTV).