The latest update on Foot and Mouth Disease
Posted on Saturday, September 15 @ 19:14:02 BST by jenvetadmin
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On 12 September Foot and Mouth Disease was confirmed at a farm in Surrey. A single Protection Zone has been put in place around the land of this farm, with a Surveillance Zone of 10 kilometres radius beyond that. Cattle on the affected farm have been culled, together with animals on an adjacent farm, where disease was confirmed by laboratory testing on the 14th September.
Initial sequencing of the virus showed this to be type 01 BFS. Laboratory results on the 15th September confirmed that the strain found at the latest infected premises is the same as that in the August outbreak, namely 01 BFS 67.
On the afternoon of Saturday 15th, the decision was taken to slaughter on suspicion pigs on a farm in close proximity to the two Infected Premises in Surrey.
A national movement ban - affecting cattle, sheep, pigs and other ruminants - was imposed throughout England, with parallel arrangements in Scotland and Wales. No movements are allowed, except under licence. As from midnight Saturday 15th September, further movements of animals susceptible to Foot and Mouth Disease direct to slaughter are permitted, under strict biosecurity conditions, from outside the Surveillance Zone in England.
All farms - particularly those in the Protection and Surveillance Zones - must implement increased biosecurity. Further details are in News Releases/Information Bulletins listed on our latest situation page.
Extract take from Defra homepage
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