Bluetongue
Near Canterbury Kent
Control Status: In Force
Last updated: 4 December 2023
Case Number: BTD 2023/01

Disease Type: Bluetongue
Disease control zone restrictions: In Force
Disease Control Type: Temporary Control Zone
Case opened date: 11 November 2023

Details:
The following disease controls are in place:
A 3 km Protection Zone (PZ) and
10 km Temporary control zone

Notes: 
Bluetongue virus serotype 3 was confirmed in cattle and sheep in north-east Kent. The temporary control zone has been extended.

Where a temporary control zone has been established, no person may move any animal on to or off premises in the zone except in accordance with a licence issued by a veterinary inspector.

Premises partly inside a temporary control zone and not inside any other zone are treated as being inside the temporary control zone.

Note:
An “animal” means a ruminating animal (and for the purposes of these Regulations all camelids are considered to be ruminating animals) and “carcase”, “embryo”, “ovum” and “semen” mean the carcase, embryo, ovum and semen of such an animal. Ruminating animals includes but is not limited to cattle, sheep, goats, deer and camels