An European Union (EU) Commission funded Thematic Network on control of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus (BVDV) has finalised its report after three year’s work. The overall objective of the network has been to provide advice to the EU Community on future management of BVDV infections, based on the experiences of a broad group of European scientists including experts in veterinary medicine and epidemiology, sociology and economics, as well as control programme managers, governmental workers and stakeholders.