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Wales bans untested livestock movement owing to bluetongue threat

Rural Affairs head Huw Irranca-Davies says he cannot in 'all conscience invite' the disease into the country following Defra's England-wide zone change

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Wales bans untested livestock movement owing to bluetongue threat

Untested livestock from outside Wales will be banned from entering the country in a bid to hold back bluetongue for as ‘as long as we can', Welsh Government has announced. Huw Irranca-Davies Deputy...

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