Bovine Dermatitis Restrictions Lifted: All Livestock Barriers Fall

Formal barriers are also being removed: the regional health department has lifted the restricted livestock movement zone imposed in June 2025 due to lumpy skin disease. The decision is contained in a resolution issued by Daniela Mulas, director of the Public Veterinary Health Service.

Following the European and ministerial measures , the cattle farming sector was truly "free for all" and, due to the discovery of around eighty outbreaks of limpky skin disease, faced a massive culling campaign and a massive (mandatory) vaccination campaign. These measures had raised fears of the worst. However, given the results, they averted this.

Therefore, as of yesterday, Sardinia has "no longer had any surveillance or restriction zones," said Tore Piana, president of the Agricultural Studies Center, who released the department's document. This result, he explained, was possible "thanks to the extraordinary commitment and extremely difficult work carried out by the Sardinian Veterinary Services, to whom we owe a special mention and heartfelt thanks for their professionalism, promptness, and dedication."

"However, we remain deeply saddened," adds Piana, "for the approximately 70 farmers affected by the outbreaks, who have had their herds completely slaughtered. Our sympathy and commitment go out to them: now it's essential to provide them with concrete support, with effective measures to replenish the slaughtered herds and compensate for the damage suffered."

(Unioneonline/E.Fr.)