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The potentially deadly bluetongue virus has been recorded in livestock in Scotland for the first time, according to the BBC. A single case of the virus was detected in a single sheep on a farm in Dumfries and Galloway. The Scottish government said the animal had been euthanized on welfare grounds and restrictions had been put on the farm. It is one of 289 cases of bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV3) in the UK in the 2026/27 season - most of them in the southwest of England.





