Another case of bluetongue, this time on a suckler farm in Kildare, has been confirmed by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Marine.<\/p>\n
An unvaccinated cow on the farm, which presented with clinical signs, including abortion, was sampled under suspect investigation.<\/p>\n
Testing confirmed that the cow was positive for bluetongue virus serotype 3 (BTV-3).<\/p>\n
It is the second case identified in Ireland where BTV-3 infection occurred in 2026.<\/p>\n
It is understood the affected farm runs 47 suckler cows, with further testing ongoing. <\/p>\n
Unexplained mortalities<\/p>\n
The Kildare case follows the first case of the year, confirmed on a Wexford farm last Friday. <\/p>\n
The Department said the new cases highlight the importance of submitting unexplained mortalities to the Department\u2019s regional veterinary laboratories.<\/p>\n
The Department said it is still worth vaccinating against BTV-3 at this stage, as it remains the most effective measure against the disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another case of bluetongue, this time on a suckler farm in Kildare, has been confirmed by the Department…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[101339,129438,103,61,60,3770,43],"class_list":["post-621777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-barry-murphy","tag-bluetongue","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kildare","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}