As UK and world experts on bluetongue, IAH scientists have been interviewed, recorded and filmed many
times since the
first arrival of bluetongue virus in northern Europe in 2006.
Bluetongue virus is spread amongst ruminants by biting Culicoides midges, which we study in addition to the virus itself. The pictures show two of our entomologists Dr Chris Sanders (light grey top) and Dr Simon Carpenter (dark top) being interviewed by Adam Henson for BBC's Countryfile.
More on how they catch midges with their 'midgemobile' can be seen in a
video
on the BBC News website, and in another
video on the BBSRC website.