Overview
- Authorities confirmed the department’s first case at Les-Bordes-sur-Arize and issued an infection order requiring the depopulation of a 208-head herd, a 50 km regulated zone, movement restrictions and rapid vaccination in the area.
- Roughly 200 farmers with about 40 tractors blocked access roads to the farm to oppose the cull, with law enforcement on site as tensions rose around the planned operation.
- The Agriculture Ministry says the outbreak is under control, citing 108 detected outbreaks across seven departments since June and about 3,000 cattle euthanized under the control strategy.
- The government has launched discussions on possible nationwide preventive vaccination in 2026, with a decision-focused meeting due in late January and concerns raised over export conditions and logistics.
- Emergency vaccination continues in regulated zones, some of which have eased restrictions after high coverage, and officials stress the disease does not affect humans or food safety.