Foot and Mouth Disease disease Update No. 2 of 2025

Foot and Mouth Disease disease Update No. 2 of 2025 (pdf 740Kb) 

  • An outbreak of FMD was confirmed on the 6th of March 2025 in a dairy farm in Hungary near Gyor, close to the Slovakian border.
  • A 3 km protection zone and 10 km surveillance zone have been put in place around the infected premises, within which strict controls and testing protocols are being put in place. A movement ban on FMD-susceptible species has been temporarily put in place in the area of Transdanubia and the whole territory of Pest county.
  • A 10km restriction zone has been introduced in Slovakia close to the Hungarian border.
  • All international movement of susceptible animals is suspended until further notice.
  • No animals susceptible to foot and mouth disease have moved into Ireland from Hungary or its neighbours Slovakia & Austria since 1st Jan 2025.

Species: Bovine, Multi-Species, Ovine, Porcine
3:45 PM on Fri, 7 March