{"id":750512,"date":"2026-08-26T17:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/750512\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T17:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:12:09","slug":"gloucestershire-records-first-deadly-bluetongue-virus-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/750512\/","title":{"rendered":"Gloucestershire records first deadly bluetongue virus case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gloucestershire has recorded its first case of bluetongue – a virus which can be deadly in livestock.<\/p>\n

Cases of the insect-borne viral disease, which affects sheep and cattle as well as other animals, have risen to 630 across England, Wales and Scotland since the outbreak began in July.<\/p>\n

Gloucestershire recorded its first case on 23 August, according to the latest Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs data.<\/p>\n

The virus has spread across counties quickly because of the hot weather as high temperatures allow it to develop more quickly in midges.<\/p>\n

It is not known exactly where the first case in Gloucestershire was recorded.<\/p>\n

Farmers have previously told BBC News that the virus has killed their livestock<\/a> and had a huge personal impact on their lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gloucestershire has recorded its first case of bluetongue – a virus which can be deadly in livestock. Cases…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-750512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}