Asaya requests information on epizootic hemorrhagic disease

Asaja de Castilla-La Mancha has asked the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development for more information and transparency regarding epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD), which mainly affects cattle farms and deer populations, given the enormous concern of farmers know its scope and the need to establish a protocol of actions.

The Agricultural Organization indicates that this disease, transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Culicoides, does not affect humans, but causes mild and self-limiting symptoms in cattle (fever, anorexia, dysphagia, emaciation, ulcerative stomatitis, lameness, respiratory distress, and skin erythema). udder), leading in some cases to death.

To detect the disease, farmers are forced to inspect livestock daily, carry out fumigation work, isolate animals that have symptoms, which entails an increase in the cost of feeding them in cases of extensive livestock. For this reason, Asaya asks the Ministry of Agriculture for an action protocol that provides compensation to affected farmers.