Livestock

In the Basque Country, no cases have yet been detected, but prevention and surveillance measures are being put in place. Here are the keys to this disease and its effects on the livestock sector.  

The primary sector of the ACV is on alert for contagious nodular dermatosis. Navarra has banned all livestock fairs in France and Catalonia due to the worsening situation, while Gipuzkoa has urgently collected farmers in Zizurkil.

4,950 euros have been paid for the winning cheese of the 44 Cheese Contest. Despite the rain, Aralar Mendi Elkartea has been pleased to have exceeded all expectations by "falling short" Uharte Arakil. 

The Artzai Eguna cheese competition to be held in Uharte Arakil will be named Jose Mari Ustrice, in recognition of the work of the recently deceased former president of the Idiazabal Cheese Designation of Origin.

According to Javier Fatas, representative of the COAG Abeltzain eta Farmers Anternational Coordinator, this is a "catastrophic situation" in several parts of the state, with more than 350,000 hectares burned, especially in the west.

In 2024, two cases were diagnosed, the most frequent in the valleys of Ultzama, Larraun and Iza. In four cases, patients touched the bodies of rodents and in four others, had a recentbiteof ticks . In 2025 more than 60 cases have been confirmed in the Spanish State.

The Councilor for the Interior, Public Service and Justice, Amparo Lopez, has sent out a message of "tranquillity" in the face of the fire between Muruzabal, Eneritz, Añorbe and Obanos, which "is not, a priori, affected by the city centre." "And we don't think it will happen." On the other hand, the President of Navarra, Maria Chivitek N.

Hala ere, gizakiok ez dugu mingain urdinaz kutsatzeko arriskurik, ez animaliekin kontaktuan egoteagatik, ezta haragia jateagatik ere.