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Asturias Halts Livestock Fairs, Shuts Pola de Siero Market as Northern Spain Tightens Controls on Lumpy Skin Disease

Officials stress no risk to people, urging strict reporting and biosecurity.

Overview

  • Asturias suspended all livestock fairs through the end of the year and closed the La Pola de Siero National Cattle Market for 21 days, effective today through 11 November.
  • The region ordered 21-day on-farm isolation and movement holds after receiving cattle from risk areas such as France, Italy and Catalonia.
  • Cantabria introduced new preventive controls following cases near Girona and the eastern Pyrenees and reminded farmers to immediately alert official veterinary services of any suspicion.
  • Authorities emphasized that the disease does not infect humans and that milk and meat from affected cattle remain safe for consumption.
  • Vaccination can only be authorized and deployed by Spain’s Agriculture Ministry with EMA approval, private vaccination is prohibited, and any local incursion could force sanitary emptying with severe economic losses.