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Farm vets must be part of bluetongue response

That was the message from new livestock board chair and Gloucestershire beef suckler farmer David Barton, who added the ‘unpredictability' of this strain of bluetongue was worrying

Rachael Brown
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Farm vets must be part of bluetongue response

Private farm vets will need to play a significant role in tackling bluetongue should it arrive on a large scale this summer, especially if the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) continue to be overstretched...

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