Brussels, 22/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 22 July 2009, the European Commission decided to provide extra financial aid to help vaccinate animals against blue tongue disease in several member states. It also approved a series of special measures for Cyprus, where scrapie has been decimating sheep and goat herds.
New types of blue tongue disease have been mushrooming in an unprecedented manner in the EU since 2006. The disease causes financial loss to farmers and disturbs the trade...