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milkmaid



Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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Location: isle of lewis

PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:04 pm    Post subject: bad news for sheep /cattle /goats Reply with quote

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7305031.stm
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Gilly C



Joined: 22 Jun 2006
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Location: South Cumbria

PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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CP
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Location: Hampshire

PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Gilly C



Joined: 22 Jun 2006
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Location: South Cumbria

PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

this wasin my inbox this morning

A case of Blue Tongue has been confirmed at Skegness so the current surveillance zone has been extended to cover the whole of North Yorkshire. Farmers North of York will now be able to buy store stock as from midnight tonight.

Details of the exact position of the boundary have not yet been published on the DEFRA web site but should be available within the next 24 hours.


Kind Regards

The York Auction Centre
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milkmaid



Joined: 19 Apr 2005
Posts: 6807
Location: isle of lewis

PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thank you gilly c
still cannot find out if it was anti bodies or it was infected
Confused
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cookie88



Joined: 08 Sep 2007
Posts: 302
Location: ISLE OF LEWIS

PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

great news,

going to be a very cold weekend!
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stephen
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Joined: 13 Apr 2005
Posts: 4884
Location: Billinge, Skåne, Sweden.

PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 7:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

We're expecting -9°C - -12°C this weekend here in Skåne, which is great!

Yeeks! The forecast has just changed... -15°C Sunday daytime!
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milkmaid



Joined: 19 Apr 2005
Posts: 6807
Location: isle of lewis

PostPosted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

we have just found out in scotland the vacine will be compulsay which is good as i had spoken to someone who said they were not going to bother
although the islands maybe exempt ,
had a thought though if they order doses then goats have to be done 2 times a year well with me i'll have to get the 20x 2 doses and it has to be used withing 8 hours ,it'll be a waste of someboby elses vacine Confused ,i wonder if something can be sorted though vets
or people who calve over a long period are going to have the same problem Confused
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bronskibeat



Joined: 09 Sep 2007
Posts: 1400
Location: Clawddnewydd

PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can you not get everyone together locally and buy it in batches? So work out how many doses, when you will need to vaccinate and combine with someone elses order who needs to vaccinate at the same time? I know some parts of the country are going to be doing this as smallholders with 3 sheep or 1 cow will not want to purchase 20 doses, equally that will potentially be depriving someone else of a full order......... Why they couldnt issue it in more manageable quantities is beyond me Confused I need about 250 doses, I can purchase the correct amount in 1 bottle of Heptavac but will have to buy 5 bottles of 50 doses so will work out hideously expensive in comparison. They are aware that there are small-scale farmers/hobbyists out there who dont need a full bottle. What a complete waste.........
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milkmaid



Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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Location: isle of lewis

PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

we should be able to Cool
although it's going to be better in some respects than england as it's complusary Question
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bronskibeat



Joined: 09 Sep 2007
Posts: 1400
Location: Clawddnewydd

PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

looks like wales is going to order another 3 million doses but we still cant vaccinate until we become a protection zone.......... may well be too late by then Twisted Evil
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