Bluetongue vaccine catch
As bluetongue spreads across northern Europe’s farms, carried by midges, agriculture ministers are calling for vaccination against the deadly animal disease. However, the plant where vaccine is manufactured in the UK by Merial, at Pirbright, Surrey, has suspended all work with live viruses following an escape of foot and mouth disease virus from the site in August.
Blue whale blues
Three blue whales have died off the coast of southern California in less than two weeks. Post-mortems showed that ships had hit two of them, killing one instantly. Samples from the third are still being analysed, but…
