Ecuador will vaccinate 4.6 million head of cattle against foot-and-mouth disease

Ecuador will vaccinate 4.6 million head of cattle against foot-and-mouth disease, in a process that will end on August 31 and in which some 5.5 million dollars will be invested, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock reported Monday. The campaign that begins this Monday is in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), through the Phytosanitary and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control Agency (Agrocalidad). In this first phase of vaccination, more than 1,200 brigade members will travel throughout the country (with the exception of the Galapagos archipelago), inoculating all cattle and buffalo, with the aim of "maintaining Ecuador's animal health status." "For more than 132 months (11 years) there have been no outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, which has made it possible to raise healthy cattle that produce meat and milk, as well as quality derivatives for consumption in Ecuador and the world," said the minister. of Agriculture and Livestock, Bernardo Manzano. ...