Spain: New outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in Asturias

Published 2022년 11월 11일

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The Ministry of Agriculture in Spain has reported a outbreak of tuberculosis on a cattle farm in Llanera, Asturias, marking the seventh such outbreak in the country for 2022 and the second in less than six months in the previously tuberculosis-free regions of Asturias and Galicia. The index case was identified on a farm of 24 bovines, with the first outbreaks in Asturias reported in June, leading to the suspension of the region's tuberculosis-free status, which was granted just months ago by the European Commission. The national eradication plans require that the incidence rate of establishments confirmed as infected should not exceed 0.1% of the total in the last three years to maintain the tuberculosis-free status.

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This Friday, November 11, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) has confirmed a focus of tuberculosis in Asturias, in the livestock region of Siero, in the municipality of Llanera. It is a farm of 24 bovines of which one animal would be affected, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. With this focus, there are already 7 notified in Spain so far in 2022. Specifically, 6 have been confirmed in the autonomous community of Asturias and one in Galicia. In this sense, it must be remembered that the first time outbreaks of bovine tuberculosis were detected in Asturias this year was in June. Thus, on June 8, 3 outbreaks of this disease were reported. Later, already in the month of September, another focus was declared in Galicia. The declaration of outbreaks of bovine tuberculosis in both Asturias and Galicia is of some relevance, since both autonomous communities received the approval of the European Commission to be declared free of the disease less than a year ago. ...

Source: Animalshealth