Fig. 3

Number of cattle movement events (moves; for example, the movement of a trailer - which may contain a number of cattle - from farm to market) in Ireland, by month, and by risk category, during 2016. ‘High Risk’ moves represent moves where animals are traded between herds in Ireland (including trade via a market), as well as a small number of imports; whereas ‘Low Risk’ moves represent moves to slaughter or an export point. In this study, a movement from farm to market and subsequent onward movement to farm were counted as two movement events