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Bluetongue near Canterbury
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<blockquote data-quote="Frank-the-Wool" data-source="post: 9147357" data-attributes="member: 699"><p>While it is true that Midges will not be active below 5'C this is not relevant to the disease.</p><p></p><p>A Midge has to bite a Viraemic animal and the temperature has to be above 15'C continuously for the disease to replicate in the Midge, then Midge then has to go and find a naive animal to infect and the temperature has to be high enough for the Midge to need a blood meal so it can then go and lay eggs. The temperature has to be above 13'C and normally higher.</p><p>The virus does NOT pass on through the eggs.</p><p></p><p>They still have not found an animal with the virus. </p><p>They are no longer slaughtering animals if they test positive, but telling farmers to isolate and treat with pour ons (these don't work!).</p><p></p><p>What about all the animals that were moved between mid September and mid October out of the TCZ areas?</p><p></p><p>This whole affair has been handled very badly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frank-the-Wool, post: 9147357, member: 699"] While it is true that Midges will not be active below 5'C this is not relevant to the disease. A Midge has to bite a Viraemic animal and the temperature has to be above 15'C continuously for the disease to replicate in the Midge, then Midge then has to go and find a naive animal to infect and the temperature has to be high enough for the Midge to need a blood meal so it can then go and lay eggs. The temperature has to be above 13'C and normally higher. The virus does NOT pass on through the eggs. They still have not found an animal with the virus. They are no longer slaughtering animals if they test positive, but telling farmers to isolate and treat with pour ons (these don't work!). What about all the animals that were moved between mid September and mid October out of the TCZ areas? This whole affair has been handled very badly. [/QUOTE]
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