The thermometer read 22 degrees in the Mena Valley. This unusual autumn heat is the perfect ally for the mosquito that causes Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHE) to continue infecting more animals. The official data managed by the Councilor for Livestock, Teresa Campo Montemayor, counted a week ago 673 sick animals and 57 deaths in 102 livestock farms in the municipality. Faced with this new epidemic, the councilor will coordinate with Coag a collection of signatures in the region to convey to the Junta de Castilla y León and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the main concerns that the sector conveyed to her in the talk held this week in Villasana. They are summarized in the need for a vaccine against this disease and greater financial compensation for death.
The information day organized by the Menés City Council and the agricultural organization Coag brought together more than 120 ranchers from the municipality, but also from Espinosa de los Monteros, Montija, Sotoscueva or the Losa Valley, among other points. The EHE entered the region through the Mena Valley at the end of September and a month later, at the end of October, the first cases were officially declared in the rest of the veterinary units, Villarcayo, Espinosa de los Monteros and Medina de Pomar. In the province it has also been confirmed in the areas of Lerma, Belorado, Briviesca and Aranda de Duero.
Those affected showed their concern about the return of the disease when the winter passes and the need for the regional Administration to “make the greatest effort within its power to obtain a vaccine that allows prophylaxis before the arrival of the disease next season.” ».
The vaccine becomes more necessary, if possible, because as veterinarians Sergio Fernández and Jorge Tapia stated at the conference, the disease “is experiencing enormous variability in terms of symptoms, treatments and, above all, results,” which means that Survival and healing are highly variable depending on the affected animal. The alarming weight loss due to stopping eating and drinking and respiratory and mobility problems are some of the symptoms shared by infected specimens, which means that farmers face heavy veterinary and supplement costs to regain the weight of their cattle. .
Triple for the casualties. Likewise, the farmers described the 500 euros established for the death of their cows as insufficient and will claim aid of 1,500 euros for those up to 9 years old and 1,250 euros for those over 9 years old, given that the regional Administration has not taken into account loss of profits counts. The collection of signatures, which will extend throughout the region and will try to have the greatest possible support, will foreseeably begin next week, given that the text that will accompany them is being finalized.
The fact that the aid established by the Board of between 500 and 1,000 euros per farm will be delayed until 2024 for many Menese ranchers, given that the first call only covers the farms affected until October 16, is not too worrying. . Campo Montemayor points out that ranchers trust in the new call that will be made next year.
2023-11-17 10:00:00
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