Fast-tracked bluetongue vaccine ready for release

摘要

Animal health companies MSD and Zoetis have announced they will be making a bluetongue vaccine available to cattle and sheep fanners by July.The announcements follow intense pressure for the production of a vaccine from both the National Sheep Association (NSA) and NFU, after an Animal & Plant Health Agency report released in March confirmed there was an 80% chance the disease would hit UK shores this summer.