Bluetongue 'outbreak' confirmed in UK

Bluetongue virus is now circulating in the UK, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed today.

Bluetongue virus is now circulating in the UK, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) confirmed today.

A fifth case of the disease was confirmed in a cow near Burstall in Suffolk yesterday, close to the rare breeds farm in Baylham, near Ipswich, where the disease was first confirmed on September 21.

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