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Claims had been circulating amongst farmers that shearing could increase the sheep's physical exposure to biting midges.

As numbers surge, the son of a Devon livestock farmer shares four practical steps to support farmers in response to the outbreak

Everything livestock farmers need to know about the current status of bluetongue disease in the UK, how to spot signs and symptoms, and what actions they can take to prevent it

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

Boehringer Ingelheim said they would have loved the vaccine rollout to be 'quicker', but there has been a ‘huge shift in both the disease and demand picture'

Bluetongue virus itself poses the greatest threat to breeding performance, not the vaccine.

Bultavo 3 is one of three vaccines used to treat bluetongue

Latest updates on the ongoing bluetongue situation, as well as questions around vaccine availability and testing capacity at Pirbright

Victoria Atkins said Defra needed to 'drastically improve' the speed and quantity of communication to farmers, as well as accelerating testing and vaccine availability