Overview
- Catalonia reports nine confirmed cases of lumpy skin disease in Girona and has begun emergency vaccination after receiving 15,000 doses from France, with more than 80,000 additional doses expected from the European Vaccine Bank.
- Regional officials in Catalonia aim to vaccinate over 90,000 head of cattle across roughly 700 farms within a 50-kilometer action zone to contain the spread.
- France has detected new lumpy skin disease outbreaks near the Spanish border, imposed a 15-day halt on livestock exports, and suspended cattle events as its agriculture minister warned of a critical threat to the national herd.
- Spain’s agriculture ministry says about twenty countries have blocked export certificates for a range of bovine shipments, including live animals, breeding material, hides, collagen casings, and some dairy products.
- Aragon confirms a bluetongue serotype 3 outbreak on a 1,400-sheep farm in Guadalaviar, the region’s second lab-verified case, as authorities roll out a €2.5 million campaign to distribute 1.9 million vaccine doses; separately, Castilla-La Mancha culled 110,000 laying hens after an avian influenza detection in Yeles with no public health risk reported.