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Bluetongue vaccination finance calculator launched

Vaccination finance calculators – one for sheep and one for beef cattle – have been developed by the ADHB to help vets and farmers assess the potential economic risk or return for a farm considering vaccinating flocks and herds against bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) this year

Katie Jones
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Bluetongue vaccination finance calculator launched

Mike Gooding, a sheep farmer and AHDB farming systems director, says: "I used the AHDB calculator looking at my flock of Romney sheep to understand the cost-benefit of vaccinating, and this led to an extended...

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