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Last Friday, January 10, the first case of foot-and-mouth disease in Germany in 37 years was confirmed, detected in a herd of buffalo in the Brandenburg region. Faced with this situation, the European Commission, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, adopted urgent measures to prevent the spread of the disease and minimize the impact on internal trade within the European Union, as well as to prevent unjustified trade restrictions by from third countries, publishing Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/87 in the OJEU. Given the seriousness of the epidemiological situation, these measures were applied immediately, without waiting for the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals and Food for Human and Animal Consumption. Furthermore, the duration of these specific zones was defined and included in the annex to the decision. Protection zone: includes the zones of the Brandenburg region located within a circle with a radius of 3 kilometers, centered on the coordinates ETRS89: Lat. 52.

The national reference laboratory of the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) has confirmed that the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in buffaloes in Brandenburg belongs to serotype O. Although this serotype is common in regions such as the Middle East and Asia, the origin and route of entry of the virus in German cattle are still unknown. Authorities emphasized that there are effective vaccines against this serotype stored in the German Foot and Mouth Disease Antigen Bank, an instrument specifically designed to respond to this type of outbreak. The Länder, responsible for activating this bank, can guarantee the production of specific vaccines within a few days. For now, a contingency plan has been initiated that includes testing all cloven-hoofed animals in the vicinity of the affected farm. This will allow us to determine the extent of the outbreak and assess whether the use of vaccines will be necessary, as well as planning other containment measures. It is crucial that vaccines are adapted to the specific serotype

This was ordered by Senasa after the detection of three cases of foot-and-mouth disease in buffalo in the Brandenburg region; the measure covers ruminants, pigs and game animals that are likely to transmit the disease.