07/03/2012
As the number of cases of Schmallenberg disease climbs to 3000 in Europe, scientists warn we need to start planning now for when the midge clouds carrying the disease return.
As the number of cases of Schmallenberg disease climbs to 3000 in Europe, scientists warn we need to start planning now for when the midge clouds carrying the disease return to UK shores.
Sarah Swadling visits the Met Office in Exeter to see how weather modelling might predict how the disease could spread. And Anna Hill hears from the World Organisation for Animal Health which is developing new tests for this new virus.
And as drought continues in parts of England, the Environment Agency explains how it is easing restrictions to help farmers out.
Presented by Anna Hill and produced in Birmingham by Angela Frain.
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