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Second farm affected by bluetongue virus

26/09/2007

However, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (Defra), the spread cannot be declared an outbreak at this juncture.

Animals across Suffolk, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire are now be monitored for signs of the disease, which is transmitted to various farm animals via midges.

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