Overview

• Castilla-La Mancha reports 104 active bluetongue foci across roughly 5,300 holdings, with 74 serotype 3, 3 serotype 8, and 27 mixed, and is preparing an emergency declaration to ease vaccine access after voluntary uptake fell short.
• Andalusia will subsidize 100% of bluetongue vaccines purchased in 2025 and plans to pay €7.2 million in compensatory aid to affected farmers in the coming weeks.
• Aragón confirms a serotype 3 case in a fully vaccinated Huesca flock where the affected sheep recovered without complications, citing vaccination as key, and notes 1.9 million free doses distributed after a €2.5 million investment.
• Nine H5N1 avian influenza foci are confirmed in Andalusia, concentrated in Seville and Huelva, spanning urban parks, wild birds, and poultry operations under reinforced surveillance and control protocols.
• Laboratory analysis rules out avian influenza in Málaga’s Huelin park deaths, identifying Newcastle disease instead, with authorities citing minimal risk to the public and the park set to reopen on September 13.