It is postulated that infected animals from the infected farm in outbreak 6 were ultimately purchased by this farmer after passing through markets in the North West of the UK in There is a risk that he may have exported animals exposed to the virus to continental Europe and 4 subsequent outbreaks have been traced to this farm. This was discovered in sheep at an abattoir containing 1,400 sheep and 30 cattle in Bromham, Wiltshire that received animals from the Devon source. This outbreak was discovered today on a farm in Llancloudy, Herefordshire near the Welsh border at a mixed sheep and cattle farm which had also received sheep from the sheep trader in Devon. The latest outbreak was discovered on a farm close to the other affected farms at Okehampton, Devon. The control measures used were the slaughter and destruction by burning in funeral pyres of all the animals and carcasses at the affected abattoirs and farms.
Strict movement controls around the infected areas and suspect sites.
A one week standstill on all movements of livestock. Extensive back and forwards tracing. The origin of the virus remains unknown.