But according to county chairman David Graveston, complacency within the industry is threatening to leave the UK susceptible to many more cases of the disease.
Less than a month ago, Defra announced two more cases of the BTv8 strain had been discovered in imported rams on farms in East Sussex and Hertfordshire.
And just two days later, the virus was found in a batch of cattle imported to a farm in Devon from Germany.
Vaccination became available in Lancashire in early August, and from September 1 the whole of England has been included in a protection zone, aimed at reducing the likelihood of the virus spreading by restricting movement.
But Mr Gravestone, who farms at Gisburn, is concerned that farmers are ignoring warnings and failing to vaccinate their livestock.
He said: "I'm very glad that we've been given access to the vaccine, but I'm very disappointed by the lack of up-take by the farmers. There is a complacency because there is no circulating disease in this country."
Mr Graveston's greatest concern is the importation of infected animals, particularly those which might have new strains of the disease.
He added: "BTv1 is now in southern France and the virus could move into this country overnight. If we get a new strain we will be up a very dark alley.
"We certainly don't want any stupid activity, but we have to trust and respect the farmers for their free trade and commonsense."
One farmer who has been particularly affected by the bluetongue virus is Philip Halhead, of Norbreck Farm, Cockerham.
Mr Halhead's grandfather bought the farm in the 1930s and, after taking over from his father in the 1990s, Mr Halhead decided to branch out, marketing bull semen and embryos both in the UK and worldwide. Later he created his own import and export business, Norbreck Exports, specialising in live pedigree breeding cattle.
Mr Halhead said: "For the export business, it's been catastrophic in terms of not being able to make decisions. The business has been very quiet because of the restrictions on trading and we have had to export sheep and cattle from Scotland and Northern Ireland, which are bluetongue free zones.
"Before the vaccination programme was rolled out there was a lot of uncertainty, but now we have more clarity. Hopefully in the future we will be able to export vaccinated sheep and cattle to other fully vaccinated areas in Europe."
Despite this, Mr Halhead says there are still issues. He has the opportunity to import large numbers of high quality cattle from Germany and Holland, but worries over the effectiveness of the vaccine have caused him to resist this plan for the time being.
He said: "On a number of occasions, the virus has been found in cattle and sheep that are supposed to have been vaccinated. We have to be extremely cautious. If we imported cattle and they were found to have the disease they would have to be slaughtered."
Mr Halhead is also concerned that farmers will choose not to vaccinate their stock because the programme is not compulsory. He is worried that they will not be able to cover the costs of the vaccine, particularly if new strains develop.
Currently the vaccine costs 55p per dose, and cattle need two doses every year to be fully covered. Mr Halhead believes this could increase if new strains of the virus enter the country and more vaccinations are needed.
He said: "Agriculture as a whole is in a very fragile state. At a time when costs of fuel, feed, fertiliser and labour are rising at unprecedented levels, combined with two of the worst summers back-to-back that I can remember, the extra financial burden could be too much to bear."
Mr Halhead believes the vaccination programme could have been made compulsory, but points out that in that case the government would be expected to pay.
"Non-compulsory vaccination relies on farmers being united, and if all farmers don't take it on board it gives the potential to harbour the virus in the UK and ultimately spoil trade," he continued.
According to Adam Briggs, senior policy adviser for NFU North-West, making vaccination compulsory would have caused too much paperwork and the current programme has allowed the vaccine to become available to farmers across England far quicker.
Mr Graveston added: "I know it's another vaccine and another job to do when farmers are at stretching point. But at least we have it.
"We all know the financial situation in government is pretty dire and for them to start putting money into it was just a pipe dream. If it had been made compulsory and the government hadn't contributed, we would have been looking at an extortionate amount of money and the vaccine would have taken far longer to get here.
"As it is, there will be a much higher cost to pay if we start finding dead cows and sheep in this country."