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"en.20120214.15.2-221-625"2
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"This report allows farmers the flexibility to proactively tackle the threat of bluetongue disease among livestock through the use of inactivated vaccines which are not limited to infected areas. Farmers can now take advantage of technological advances in vaccine production to protect their stock. The disease causes intense suffering, and death, among affected animals. I welcome the fact that the number of outbreaks of bluetongue has fallen significantly across Europe in recent years, due to the effective combination of vaccination and restrictions. Member States can now be proactive in their approach, and have dramatically reduced the devastating impact of this disease. Vaccination, together with careful surveillance, can tackle bluetongue; while there will always be other diseases to threaten EU livestock, I am delighted to see that we are finally mastering bluetongue. At present a new animal virus has spread to Germany, the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Britain, the spread of which would appear to be similar to that of bluetongue. Our focus must now shift to other health threats to livestock."@en1
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