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22-09-2007, 09:48 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bewdley
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| | | Re: Bluetongue disease
Could this be down to climate change? It looks serious & nasty for the poor victims  |
22-09-2007, 10:47 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Berkshire
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| | | Re: Bluetongue disease
Not sure about the climate change issue but I feel for British farmers. |
23-09-2007, 05:38 AM
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| | | Re: Bluetongue disease
There was an item about Bluetongue only last week on Countryfile, saying how prevalent it was on near continent + to look out for it. Sadly it's now here in Suffolk + looks very distressing for the animals involved. |
23-09-2007, 06:29 AM
|  | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Kent
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| | | Re: Bluetongue disease
So if the disease can't be passed from animal to animal, only through the bite of the particular midge, then the midge is new to this country?
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23-09-2007, 09:01 AM
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I suppose in the future we could see a rise in this sort of thing, looks pretty nasty. |
23-09-2007, 09:43 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Romford, Essex
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| | | Re: Bluetongue disease
There talking about using insecticide today - and I imagine farmers will start filling in ponds etc to keep down midge numbers. So its bad news for wildlife too |
23-09-2007, 10:16 AM
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| | | Re: Bluetongue disease
It'd be best if we had a cold snap that finished them off (the midges).
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23-09-2007, 10:49 AM
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| | | Re: Bluetongue disease
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Originally Posted by Wild-Woman  It'd be best if we had a cold snap that finished them off (the midges). | Fingers Crossed! |
23-09-2007, 10:58 AM
| | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: SW Ireland
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| | | Re: Bluetongue disease
Any chance the midge might have escaped from a government research centre like the foot and mouth did....? |
24-09-2007, 03:45 PM
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| | | Re: Bluetongue disease
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Originally Posted by JennyS Any chance the midge might have escaped from a government research centre like the foot and mouth did....? | Wow, there's a thought! It makes you wonder doesn't it? Anything is possible, (except the truth, perhaps?). |
24-09-2007, 03:51 PM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: march, cambridgeshire
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we will never get the truth, what ever happens we are the last to get the truth cos there scared of a panic. |
24-09-2007, 03:55 PM
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| | | Re: Bluetongue disease
This could also be a sign of other things to come! like the Japanese Hornets? | |
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