Bluetongue found in fifth animal

BBC News Headline; says: 'A fifth animal in Suffolk has tested positive for bluetongue disease, government officials have said. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the animal, at a farm near Burstall, east of Ipswich, will be culled. The strain, first detected on Saturday, is the same as one that has killed livestock in Europe. The virus, which is spread by midges, affects cattle, sheep, goats and deer. but the UK cases are yet not classed as an outbreak.

This latest case comes after vets confirmed bluetongue in a fourth animal on premises at Washbrook near Ipswich on Wednesday, and in a Holstein cow on a farm in Lound on Tuesday.

It was first detected in two animals on a rare breeds farm in Baylham, near Ipswich.