{"id":777520,"date":"2026-09-21T05:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T05:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/777520\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T05:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T05:54:10","slug":"bluetongue-risk-very-high-on-isle-of-wight-after-cases-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/777520\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluetongue risk &#8216;very high&#8217; on Isle of Wight after cases confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Carisbrooke Vets said BTV3 is circulating on the Island and urged people to stay vigilant.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The practice will hold a meeting in October to update people on the situation and outline an action plan.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Bluetongue affects livestock including cattle, sheep, goats, deer and llamas.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Symptoms include a swollen blue tongue, fever and reduced milk production, while severe cases can be fatal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Bluetongue does not affect people or food safety.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Currently, the whole of England is in a bluetongue restricted zone.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countypress.co.uk\/topics\/isle-of-wight-council\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Isle of Wight Council<\/a> has been contacted for a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carisbrooke Vets said BTV3 is circulating on the Island and urged people to stay vigilant. The practice will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-777520","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\/777520","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=777520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}