Spain loses the status of country free of epizootic haemorrhagic disease

As reported by Animal's Health, on November 18 the Algete Central Veterinary Laboratory (LCV) confirmed the detection of epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHE) in 2 bovine farms in the provinces of Cádiz and Seville. This Monday, November 21, the General Subdirectorate for Animal Health and Hygiene and Traceability of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA), has informed the Services of the European Commission and the World Organization for Animal Health (OMSA) of the declaration of both outbreaks, which are the first declared of this disease by Spain. "As a consequence of this, the Spanish epidemiological conditions have changed with respect to this disease, with its consequent repercussions in terms of exports, as the conditions that must be accredited in the various export health certificates are affected", they have explained from the Ministry. In the corresponding chapter of the disease of the OMSA Terrestrial Animal Health Code, it is stated that regardless of ...