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UPDATE ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION OF HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA (HPAI) H5N1 IN EUROPE AND SPAIN
(11/17/2025)
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Additionally, the detection of H5N1 HPAI has been confirmed in a wild fox (Vulpes vulpes) in the Autonomous Community of Aragon. The fox was found dead
near the "Gallocanta Lagoon" (province of Zaragoza), where cases in wild birds had been reported in recent
weeks.
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https://www.mapa.gob.es/dam/mapa/co...a-actualizacion-situacion-iaap-17_11_2025.pdf
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Planas rules out a mutation of avian flu and calls for maintaining biosecurity
November 20, 2025
Cordoba (EFE) – The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, assured this Thursday that there has been no mutation of the avian flu virus in Spain following the discovery of a dead fox in Zaragoza due to the disease, and called for maintaining biosecurity measures to prevent transmission.
Speaking to reporters in Cordoba, before participating in a meeting of the International Olive Council (IOC), the minister indicated that veterinary services "have not detected any changes in the behavior of the virus" and that the case of the fox found dead is due to "a one-off transmission and not to an alteration of the virus."
Specific issue
He clarified that the animal became infected "due to the viral load it had from the birds it may have consumed," so "there has been no mutation as such" and it is "an absolutely isolated incident."
However, Planas has asked to "maintain preventive measures" and has called for "maintaining the level of biosecurity adopted with the closure of farms to the outside ," conditions that are "extraordinary and temporary" and that "will disappear" as soon as the situation allows.
Finally, he pointed out that the decisions "are not purely political or administrative" but are made "based on the weekly reports" from Spain and the evolution of outbreaks in the European Union, while also noting that the current spread "is linked to the migratory movement of birds," which travel "from colder to warmer climates." EFE
https://efe.com/andalucia/2025-11-2...-gripe-aviar-y-pide-mantener-la-bioseguridad/