Second vaccine against bluetongue welcomed by sheep farmers
DutchNews.nl - 2024-05-13T13:37:39.000Z

The Dutch agriculture ministry has ordered 1.3 doses of a second vaccine against bluetongue disease to give sheep farmers “extra security” against future outbreaks. The vaccine, produced by German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, was approved by agriculture minister Piet Adema on the advice of the Dutch veterinary medicines agency. Last year 40,000 sheep died after contracting the bluetongue virus, as the disease returned to the Netherlands after a 15-year absence. Symptoms include a...

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