Bluetongue virus (BTV) - an insect-borne viral disease affecting sheep and cattle among other animals - has sparked concern ...

The potentially deadly bluetongue virus has been recorded in livestock in Scotland for the first time. A single case of the virus was detected in a single sheep on a farm in Dumfries and Galloway last ...

The single case, which was the first in Scotland, was recorded at the Kirkmabreck Farm near Creetown in Dumfries and Galloway.

What steps can researchers take to combat crop viruses? This is what a recent study published in Nucleic Acids Research hopes to address as a team of researchers from Germany investigated a novel ...

A group of plant pathologists within Texas A&M AgriLife Research has created a surprisingly simple approach to studying the complex interactions between plants and viruses. They hope the breakthrough ...

Zoos and animal attractions in Devon are open for “business as usual” throughout the bluetongue outbreak that is sweeping the county as the disease does affect humans. The county has been hard hit ...