The North's Agriculture Minister Brid Rodgers has held talks with farmers whose animals have been affected by foot-and-mouth.

The North's Agriculture Minister Brid Rodgers has confirmed that all the missing sheep which were part of the load which caused the outbreak in Co Armagh have been traced.

The North's Agriculture Minister Brid Rodgers said she is hugely relieved that preliminary tests on a second suspected foot and mouth case in the North have yielded negative results.

It is now understood the sheep at the centre of the alert have shown clinical signs of foot and mouth.