Overview

• Andalusian agriculture chief Ramón Fernández-Pacheco said the ministry has not convened affected regions and reiterated a request to activate the PAC crisis reserve for aid.
• The Junta de Andalucía will cover up to 50% of costs for vaccines against serotypes 3 and 8 and the veterinary services needed to administer them.
• On 12 August, the national ministry confirmed bluetongue in Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Málaga and Sevilla, with serotypes 1, 3 and 8 involved.
• Regional laboratories and the national reference lab report detections across other provinces, including Burgos, Ávila, León, Salamanca, Navarra, Extremadura, Toledo, Ciudad Real, the Basque Country, Cantabria and Galicia, with recirculation during the 2025–2026 vector season.
• Asaja Castilla-La Mancha urged full public funding of all required doses and greater aid to offset deaths, treatments and insecticide costs, while examining reported vaccine efficacy problems—particularly for serotype 3—and asking farmers to report suspected cases and outcomes.