tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048258199535312680.post7007157849569051727..comments2019-03-27T11:26:51.353+01:00Comments on Warmwell: No one will enter my farm to kill my animals...Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01777450197522897511noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048258199535312680.post-73731726880665462452007-11-09T14:56:00.000+01:002007-11-09T14:56:00.000+01:00"I tried to respond to your blog but I fell foul o..."I tried to respond to your blog but I fell foul of the Google log in..."<BR/>What <B>Dr Ruth Watkins </B> wanted to say in her comment was this: <BR/><BR/>" Surely Cyprus has the option of vaccination against FMD? What did the EU visitors advise? Even if it turns out to be Bluetongue that gave those sheep symptoms (and some serotypes and strains of Bluetongue are very mild) no harm is done by FMD vaccination- but slaughtering the cypriot farmers flocks - some as precautionary measures- is appalling. One must find evidence of new seroconversions or above all the virus in animals acutely infected to be sure there is an outbreak. The farmers may have bought sheep from an area where FMD infection has occurred, such as Turkey; the animals could have been infected a year ago or more. If animals are slaughtered without taking proper specimens, they will will not solve the question of whether they have FMD or and Bluetongue. What a shame Roger Breeze cannot go out there with his kit and do PCR for both viruses on some of the ill sheep." <BR/><BR/>I couldn't agree more. Where are those with clout? Why is Cyprus not being told to vaccinate? Can anyone advise those in authority there?Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01777450197522897511noreply@blogger.com