01-03-2013 08:45 AM | United Kingdom

Livestock virus found on 1,500 farms

A virus that causes stillbirths and birth defects in lambs and calves has spread to more than 1,500 UK farms, new government figures show.

Cases of Schmallenberg have now been reported in all the counties of England and Wales, and in Northern Ireland.

Scottish farmers are on alert for the disease, which is carried by midges.
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