The government has set up a 10km (6.2 mile) control zone centred on the affected site near Egham, Surrey, and a pre-emptive slaughter has been ordered.
DEFRA has confirmed that foot and mouth disease movement restrictions will be lifted outside the Risk Area on Wednesday 15 October in parallel with the lifting of the foot and mouth protection zone in Surrey.
The strain of foot-and-mouth disease found at a Surrey farm has been identified, Defra has said. The strain in infected cattle (an O1 BFS67-like virus, isolated in the 1967 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Great Britain) is identical to that used for va
The Government chief vet has ruled out vaccination against foot and mouth despite confirmation the virus had been found on another farm in Surrey, the third this month.
Government officials believe human error at the private pharmaceutical firm Merial Animal Health is the most likely source for the return of foot and mouth disease. Senior officials believe the virus may have been transported by an individual or by a car
For the second time in a month Thiruvanathapuram Zoo in Kerala is battling the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease. After one wild boar died of foot and mouth the zoo authorities decided to cull 19 others on Sunday but still don't know how many of th