Latest animal disease surveillance report published
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The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute provides an animal disease diagnostic service at its laboratories in Stormont and Omagh, where it undertakes surveillance for notifiable, zoonotic (transmissible to humans) and emerging diseases.
Carcasses are submitted for post mortem examination to identify the causes of disease and death.
Information from this surveillance work is published quarterly, with the report for July to September 2025 now available on this website at the link below
Animal disease surveillance reports: 2025
Cases this quarter include haemonchosis, parasitic pneumonias, Johnes disease in a calf and multiple cases of plant and chemical poisoning.
Find out more about this work the work AFBI does to safeguard animal and public health and promote the competitiveness of the agri-food industry at the link below: