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Spread by biting midges, bluetongue virus poses a significant threat to livestock production and trade. Discover how scientists at The Pirbright Institute predict, detect, understand and respond to bluetongue virus.

Spread by biting midges, bluetongue virus poses a significant threat to livestock production and trade. Discover how scientists at The Pirbright Institute predict, detect, understand and respond to bluetongue virus.

Our bluetongue virus specialist, Dr Carrie Batten, shares insights into a disease that threatens the livestock industry. What is bluetongue virus? Bluetongue does not affect people or food safety. It is a disease of sheep, cattle and other ruminants caused by the bluetongue…

The Pirbright Institute has begun testing for bluetongue virus (BTV) following a single reported case in Norfolk. The UK Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer confirmed a case of bluetongue virus BTV3 in a single sheep at a premises near Haddiscoe, the first case detected in the…

The Pirbright Institute has begun testing for bluetongue virus (BTV) following a single reported case in Norfolk. The UK Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer confirmed a case of bluetongue virus BTV3 in a single sheep at a premises near Haddiscoe, the first case detected in the…

Vaccinology specialist Dr Priscilla Tng is one of 15 promising UK researchers to have been awarded a Fellowship by UK Research and Innovation’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). A BBSRC Discovery Fellow in the African Swine Fever Vaccinology…

Pirbright researchers, in collaboration with New England Biolabs, Inc., have developed an innovative approach to study infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), a highly infectious poultry pathogen. The new method, published in PLoS ONE, will allow quicker response to IBV…