UK must stay vigilant for bluetongue after 2007 'lucky escape'
Monday, January 14, 2019 - 15:40
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have used mathematical modelling to identify why the 2007 UK outbreak of bluetongue -- a viral disease spread by midge bites that affects sheep and cattle -- was smaller than it could have been and to predict the future impact of the disease in northern Europe as the climate warms.