Russia has reported a single outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in cattle in Vladimir region, West Russia.
According to the disease report, 90 of 800 cattle showed clinical signs of the virus. Measures including vaccination have been put in place.
The full sequence has not been provided yet, but when known may give an indication of the source.
Russia has been declared as FMD free without vaccination across most of the country since 2015 and this is the first outbreak in this free area since then.
Some other Russian regions, bordering FMD endemic countries or where livestock herding takes place have.
The UK government needs to consider there is a year-round low risk level for the introduction of Foot and Mouth Disease from any affected country into the UK, with multiple potential pathways for introduction.
The government stresses that this new outbreak does not change the risk level.
Outbreaks of new strains in new areas do occur and are indicative of the highly contagious nature of the disease.
Russia is not approved for legal trade with the EU for any FMD-susceptible livestock species and imports of products of animal origin will be treated or certified as originating in FMD free regions.
