Foot and Mouth Disease Update No. 1 of 2025
Foot and Mouth Disease disease Update No. 1 of 2025 (pdf 589Kb)
- An outbreak of FMD has today (10th Jan) been reported in Germany.
- The case involves water buffalo on a holding in the state of Brandenburg.
- No animals susceptible to foot and mouth disease have moved from Germany into Ireland since at least the beginning of November 2024.
- The German authorities have put in place controls to prevent onward spread and are investigating the circumstances of the outbreak.
- A 3k protection zone and 10k 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 state of Brandenburg.
National Disease Control Centre