Argentina: Days after the start of a new vaccination campaign against foot-and-mouth disease and brucellosis

Published 2023년 3월 2일

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The article highlights the commencement of Argentina's first annual vaccination campaign against foot-and-mouth disease and brucellosis, set to start on March 6, with a focus on bovine and buffalo animals across various provinces. However, the initiative has sparked concerns among producers due to the rising costs of vaccines, particularly in the face of drought and stagnant farm product prices, leading to disruptions in cattle chains. Producers and rural associations have voiced their complaints to Senasa, appealing for an intervention to reduce vaccine prices that they deem as unreasonable for their current economic situation.
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The first annual vaccination campaign against foot-and-mouth disease and brucellosis in Argentina officially begins on March 6, according to the schedule stipulated by the National Agri-Food Health and Quality Service (Senasa). For this first cycle of the year, all bovine and buffalo categories will be inoculated against foot-and-mouth disease, in all those provinces in which it is applied systematically. According to the schedule determined by Senasa, the vaccination campaign begins on March 6 in the provinces of the central and coastal zone of the country. Between the 13th and the 20th, the provinces of the coast and north of the country will do so. For its part, La Rioja will start in April, like the rest of the Tucumán plans, while in Catamarca, Jujuy and Tucumán, vaccination began in January, as usual. In this context, complaints began to appear on social networks from producers who warned about the price of vaccines, especially taking into account the current context of ...

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