Days before the start of the second vaccination campaign against foot-and-mouth disease, the Senasa authorized some exceptions for the areas.

With heavy rains every few days, such as those this weekend, the situation in the flooded areas does not improve. Especially in the interior of the Buenos Aires province, where, according to the latest survey by Carbap, there are 2 million hectares underwater and, due to problems in the road network, almost 3 million affected at a productive level. In the lead-up to the start of the second annual anti-foot-and-mouth disease vaccination campaign, the Senasa defined a series of exceptions particularly for those establishments that are in flooded areas, with the aim of easing the task of the producers, but also of not compromising animal health. The official start of the foot-and-mouth disease inoculation in all the fields of the Center North and Border Strip, where it is applied systematically, will be on Monday, October 13. But this time the situation of those producers who are in flooded districts or departments is taken into account, who will be allowed to extend the times and ...