The councilor for Rural Development and Agriculture, María Jesús Susinos, has defended this Monday the action of the Cantabrian Government in the area of prevention and animal health, stating that seven million euros have been mobilized to deal with diseases that affect the livestock sector, in addition to another three million in direct aid to the sector to compensate for the effects of drought.
In her address at the Plenary Session of the Parliament, following a question put by Vox, Susinos highlighted the actions deployed against epizootic hemorrhagic disease, to which the regional Executive has allocated five million euros in order to cover the costs caused by the disease and the death of livestock, as well as disinfection and disinsection work.
Likewise, she emphasized that two million euros have been invested in the purchase of vaccines against bluetongue for serotypes 3, 4 and 8, which have been made available to livestock farmers free of charge.
Regarding bluetongue, she compared the situation in Cantabria with that of neighboring communities in which positive cases have indeed been recorded.
Susinos insisted that vaccination is "one of the best ways to prevent".
Along the same lines, she stressed that "early detection, rapid diagnosis, and coordination with livestock holdings are fundamental in order to anticipate possible diseases and act in time".
In another matter, and with regard to drought-related aid to the primary sector, she detailed that the regional Executive has worked throughout the summer on the preparation of a technical report to support the decree of direct award and to ensure the necessary funding.
The councilor specified that the Government has reserved three million euros from its own resources for this aid and that its processing is "practically finalized", so she guaranteed that it will reach the sector "soon".