05/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - EU member states' veterinary experts said on Wednesday 4 November that the situation with regard to bluetongue has improved considerably because of the recent mass vaccination campaigns of cattle and sheep against serotypes 1 and 8 of the epizootic. The Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, however, supported the extension by an additional year, until 31 December 2010, of existing rules to combat and prevent bluetongue, and requested that only...