Welsh Conservatives have warned that there is not enough vaccine available in Wales to combat bluetongue disease.
Shadow Rural Affairs Minister Brynle Williams made a claim in the national Assembly yesterdy afternoon, following the identification of a case in Llandysul in a sheep imported from Holland.
The North Wales AM said serious questions need to be answered about how the animal got into Wales and what measures are being taken to tighten controls on animal imports.
Brynle Williams said: "If animals are being tested, and still arriving in Wales contaminated with bluetongue, then clearly testing needs to be more robust.
"It's extremely worrying that only 2.5million doses of bluetongue vaccination have been ordered by the Assembly Government. That does not even come close to covering the pedigree flocks here, let alone the commercial ones and cattle.
"We know about bluetongue and we have the expertise to vaccinate against it.
"It is imperative we do not waste this opportunity and end up with hundreds of Welsh animals needing to be culled because they have been infected with this disease.
"The Assembly Government needs to order more vaccines and put some action plans in place."
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