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Blauetongue detected on Creetown farm after northward move

8/18/2026

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Fiona Johnson recorded the first bluetongue case on her Creetown farm in Scotland.
Four months after Johnson moved 350 miles north from Bedfordshire, a lamb on her farm drooled, refused food and tested positive for bluetongue, which experts attribute to midges drifting from England, where 439 cases have been reported.
She feels guilty because her other livestock tested negative while local farmers keep thousands of sheep despite doing nothing wrong.

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Fiona Johnson recorded the first bluetongue case on her Creetown farm in Scotland.
Four months after Johnson moved 350 miles north from Bedfordshire, a lamb on her farm drooled, refused food and tested positive for bluetongue, which experts attribute to midges drifting from England, where 439 cases have been reported.
She feels guilty because her other livestock tested negative while local farmers keep thousands of sheep despite doing nothing wrong.