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Philip Thomas @philvet123.bsky.social · 14d

Now 4 cases of Bluetonguein Wales, 3 in Powys and one in Monmouthshire.
Rapidly changing situation. Vaccination is still possible and could still protect your farm.
#battlebluetongue
#Donotwaitvaccinate
#NacOedwchBrechwch
Mae dal amser, dyw e ddim yn rhy hwyr ac maer perygl gyda ni am fisoedd eto

Rob Colley @welshracer.bsky.social · 16d

First Bluetongue case confirmed in Powys - days after fresh finding in Shropshire: www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-h...

First Bluetongue case confirmed in Powys - days after fresh finding in Shropshire

The first case of Bluetongue has been confirmed in Mid Wales - days after a fresh positive test in Shropshire.

www.shropshirestar.com

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Philip Thomas @philvet123.bsky.social · 25d

@welshbollocks.bsky.social

Beth am grys T yn seiliedig ar hwn?

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Classic Welsh response to flags appears on bridge and people are loving it

"I've been feeling so downhearted but this is glorious"

www.walesonline.co.uk

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Philip Thomas @philvet123.bsky.social · Aug 29

Keep up to date with the latest developments in terms of bluetongue regulations
#donotwaitvaccinate
#NacOedwchBrechwch
#battlebluetongue

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British Veterinary Association @britishvets.bsky.social · Aug 28

#Bluetongue rules are changing in Wales.

Some movement restrictions for BTV-3 vaccinated animals moving from the restricted zone into Wales will be eased from 21 September.

Learn more 👇
ruminanthw.org.uk/latest-bluet...

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Philip Thomas @philvet123.bsky.social · Aug 26

2025
Yr oedd y mwyar duon yn doreithtiog yng Ngheredigion y flwyddyn honno.

#llenfwtchera

Philip Thomas @philvet123.bsky.social · Aug 26

#NacOedwchBrechwch
#DONOTWAITVACCINATE
#Battlebluetongue

Little do you but I have two track mind, parkrun and bluetongue, well that's what my kids say.
New topic next week, I promise.

Dwi'n addo siarad am rywbeth arall wythnos nesaf.

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Philip Thomas @philvet123.bsky.social · Aug 25

Newydd orffen Anfarwol a wedi ei fwynhau . Stephen King a Clive Barkeraidd mewn mannau.

Diolch, sawl awr ddifyr o ddarllen.

Sut bydd y ddau yn ymdopi a CCTV?

Dr Peredur Glyn Webb-Davies @doctorpreds.bsky.social · Aug 13

Dyma ANFARWOL, y nofel yr enillais i Wobr Goffa Daniel Owen efo hi'r wythnos ddwytha. Dwi dal methu coelio'r peth, na'r holl sylwadau eithriadol o garedig dwi wedi eu cael gan bobl. Mae'r nofel ar gael i'w phrynu rŵan - yn dy siop lyfrau leol neu ar-lein: www.ylolfa.com/cynnyrch/978...

Open box containing multiple copies of the novel Anfarwol by Peredur Glyn. One book is standing upright at the top of the photo, showing the front cover in full, which shows a monocrhome woodcut of an 18th century man with his eyes in red.

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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · Aug 18

Farmers allowed to take livestock to England as Bluetongue virus rules ease

Bluetongue rules ease in Wales, allowing vaccinated livestock to be taken to market in England.

www.bbc.com

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uk-news.bsky.social @uk-news.bsky.social · Aug 18

Welsh farmers given boost after deadly disease outbreak

https://www.europesays.com/uk/353986/

Movement of livestock from England into Wales is still restricted without a negative test Bluetongue virus restrictions in…#uk #news #uknews

Welsh farmers given boost after deadly disease outbreak - United Kingdom

Movement of livestock from England into Wales is still restricted without a negative test

www.europesays.com

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SRUC Veterinary Services @srucvets.bsky.social · Aug 15

🚨BLUETONGUE WEBINAR 🚨

📅 Monday Aug 18, 7:00 PM

The webinar is designed to give farmers an overview of the disease and insights into the risk and what they can do to protect their livestock.

Register at the link tinyurl.com/BTV-3SRUC

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Philip Thomas @philvet123.bsky.social · Aug 13

Haenen las yn y nen lwyd

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EUROPE SAYS @europesays.bsky.social · Aug 11

Bulgaria reports bluetongue disease outbreak on sheep farm

https://www.europesays.com/2321367/

Editorial & Advertiser disclosure Global Banking and Finance Review is an online platform offering news, analysis, and opinion…

Bulgaria reports bluetongue disease outbreak on sheep farm - EUROPE SAYS

Editorial & Advertiser disclosure

www.europesays.com

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Philip Thomas @philvet123.bsky.social · Aug 12

Where there's a Gwil there's a wehey!

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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · Aug 4

🐄 Bydd cyfyngiadau ar werthu da byw o Gymru dros y ffin yn Lloegr er mwyn ceisio atal lledaeniad feirws y Tafod Glas yn cael eu llacio ymhen pythefnos.

Tafod Glas: Caniatáu da byw o Gymru i fynd i farchnadoedd yn Lloegr

Bydd cyfyngiadau ar werthu da byw o Gymru dros y ffin yn Lloegr er mwyn ceisio atal lledaeniad feirws y Tafod Glas yn cael eu llacio ymhen pythefnos

newyddion.s4c.cymru

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RTarlinton.bsky.social @rtarlinton.bsky.social · Aug 7

And if you want the answers to the questions raised they are here: ruminanthw.org.uk/bluetongue-v...

Bluetongue Virus Hub - Ruminant Health & Welfare

Cattle & Sheep Health & Welfare Survey 2020

ruminanthw.org.uk

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · Aug 4

Changes to the Bluetongue restrictions currently in place in Wales will come into effect two weeks today

Changes to Bluetongue restrictions confirmed for Autumn sales and markets

Important changes to the Bluetongue restrictions currently in place in Wales will come into effect two weeks today (4 August). The phased changes to facilitate Autumn sales of livestock will start on ...

nation.cymru

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EPIC Scotland @epicscotland.bsky.social · Aug 4

🐄 Livestock keepers in or near bluetongue control zones are concerned about the direct impact of the disease, the indirect impacts on farm businesses and the mental health of farmers.

Access the recent EPIC report ➡️ www.epicscotland.org/resources/re...

Text reads, Report.

Right side of image includes cows.

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R S Thomas (poet) @rsthomaspoet.bsky.social · Aug 6

‘Skeleton’ - #RSThomas
(Between Here and Now, Macmillan)
#Sgerbwd #Skeleton
#Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd
#Poet #Poetry #Poem

Text of poem -

SKELETON.
Smiling? An euphemism for showing the teeth?
This one - three thousand years dead - harmless? There is a secret he teases us with, something he keeps to himself: the knowledge that man is a revolving glass; that he in his day focused the light as clearly as we in ours; that for a moment the darkness was less dark, the interval was tenanted
by flowers and music, the dust, too, had a serene halo.
From beyond
his horizons the presence he was somehow a part of drew near with its implicit insistence that the light is perennial, that the flesh is a lens
continually re-ground; that somewhere within the personal crystal are memories of its anterior shinings, a prophecy
of others endlessly to come.

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Philip Thomas @philvet123.bsky.social · Aug 1

Peak bluetongue expected in September.
Peak breeding sheep sales usually occur in September.
Crunch time coming up, best chance for health and trade is vaccination
#Donotwaitvaccinate
#NacOedwchBrechwch
#battlebluetongue
Let's give us our best chance
Beth am wneud
##EinGorauGlas

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Philip Thomas @philvet123.bsky.social · Jul 30

That what I was thinking

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Philip Thomas @philvet123.bsky.social · Jul 28

We collect and investigate any badgers found dead in Wales. Phone us on the number below so that we can collect them ASAP.
There is answer phone for OOH messages.

x.com/WalesBFD/sta...

Wales Badger Found Dead on X: "If you see a dead badger in wales, please don't forget to report it to Wales Badger Found Dead for ongoing surveillance work as part of the Welsh Government Bovine TB Eradication Programme. https://t.co/VnZo89JtxH" / X

If you see a dead badger in wales, please don't forget to report it to Wales Badger Found Dead for ongoing surveillance work as part of the Welsh Government Bovine TB Eradication Programme. https://t.co/VnZo89JtxH

x.com

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Philip Thomas @philvet123.bsky.social · Jul 26

WELL WORTH LISTENING TO :
Bluetongue, BVD, Calf rearing

Advice from a Scottish perspective, let's get the Bluetongue Vaccination going.
#battlebluetongue
#DonotwaitVaccinate
#NacOedwchBrechwch

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