Could climate change make livestock disease more common?

The Farmers Guardian quotes NFU’s chief advisor on renewable energy and climate change, Dr Jonathan Scurlock, saying that the warmer climate meant midges carrying virus were ‘thriving.

Dr Scurlock said Schmallenberg and Bluetongue were able to cross over to Britain from the Continent because the midges, which are thought to be responsible for carrying the disease over the Channel, survived a warm winter. He added drought will also become more common because of climate change.

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