Overview
- A newly confirmed focus in Íscar raised the province total to 14 and affects a farm with 29,000 broiler chickens.
- Regional officials say the cluster has pushed the total number of affected birds in Castilla y León above 1.09 million.
- The Junta de Castilla y León and its veterinary authorities identified the agent as a virus in the Paramyxoviridae family and say they are following internationally established veterinary procedures.
- Authorities are working closely with the national Ministry of Agriculture and the poultry sector on surveillance, movement restrictions, depopulation of infected flocks, disinfection and official notifications.
- The regional government has requested extra funding from the central government to cover rising control costs and industry losses in a major poultry-producing region with potential supply and economic impacts.