Horses are not susceptible to the FMD virus. However, moving horses into or out of the 3km Protection Zone is only permissible by licence. Movements of those horses kept on the same premises as susceptible animals within the 3 km Protection Zone are similarly governed. Horse transport vehicles are likewise affected. This is precautionary.

I take this opportunity to remind clients that, as notified in a recent article below, that I shall not visit horses that are kept in close proximity to cattle, sheep, pigs or goats, during the current crisis. This is similarly precautionary, to prevent risk to my own or my clients' cloven-hoofed animals.