In Spain, the Autonomous Communities may decide on mandatory vaccination against bluetongue serotype 3

Published 2024년 9월 26일

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The Ministry of Agriculture in Spain has issued Order APA/1015/2024, permitting voluntary vaccination against serotype 3 of the bluetongue virus for ovine and bovine animals older than three months. Autonomous Communities may require vaccination based on the local epidemiological situation. To support these efforts, the Ministry will purchase 655,000 vaccine doses. The virus has recently been detected in Portugal and has spread to several European countries, including the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Denmark, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, and Portugal.

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The Ministry of Agriculture has decided to allow voluntary vaccination against serotype 3 of the bluetongue virus in animals belonging to the ovine and bovine species older than three months, throughout the territory of Spain. This is stated in Order APA/1015/2024. However, the Autonomous Communities that so provide may establish that voluntary vaccination in their territory is carried out on an obligatory basis depending on the evolution of the epidemiological situation. The Ministry of Agriculture will proceed to purchase 655,000 doses of the bluetongue serotype 3 vaccine to support the autonomous communities. Bluetongue serotype 3 has recently been detected in Portugal, near the border with Spain. In September 2023, the presence of the ...

Source: Agrodigital