ARP proposes co-management to Senacsa to achieve "foot-and-mouth disease free without vaccination" status

The letter, dated November 3 and signed by the guild president, Dr. Daniel Prieto Davey; the general secretary, Ing. Martín Filártiga Lamar, and the heads of the APPEC and the CEA, was sent to the president of Senacsa, José Carlos Martin Camperchioli, in response to Note N.P. No. 700 of September 2 last year. In the document, the ARP thanks the extension granted by Senacsa to submit its technical opinion on the current eradication plan and highlights the openness to the “open, respectful, and permanent dialogue” promoted by the health institution. However, after a “thorough internal analysis,” the guild believes that the current framework must be redefined to guarantee effective and sustainable results. “More than a technical opinion on the existing proposal, our guild has developed the Rural Association of Paraguay’s proposal to Senacsa’s Plan for the migration to the status of a country free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination,” the guild states in the note. The ...