Health: new vaccines approved to protect birds and pigs in Argentina

These are two new vaccines against Porcine Circovirus type 2a and type 2b and respiratory disease due to Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and a third that protects chickens against Marek's disease (MD), infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease) and Newcastle disease (ND). Vaccines aimed at the pig sector represent a great protection for the productive sector since respiratory disease caused by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and porcine circovirus type 2 cause growth retardation. In the second case, death during the first months of the pig's life. The avian vaccine is based on genetically modified herpesvirus (from turkey), which acts by inoculating chickens in ovo or at day of age in order to produce an immune response for the three diseases mentioned. The respective authorizations were made through the Undersecretariat of Agricultural and Forestry Production, after the intervention of the Coordination of Innovation and Biotechnology and the National Advisory Commission on Agricultural ...