How was the entry of the dreaded Scrapie into Argentina? The three ranches involved in the emergency are known, while

The country's health alerts have been on for several days, after the Agricultural Health and Food Quality Service (Senasa) acknowledged and reported that there were positive cases of scrapie in Dorper breed sheep. It is a neurodegenerative disease also known as trembling or lumbar prurigo that attacks certain ruminants. Due to this situation, Argentina lost its international sanitary status as a "free country" and there is concern about the future of exports of ovine and caprine products. According to reports, the affected animals were found in Santa Fe and Entre Ríos, and died (although there is no precise date for each event). Official information says that these three specimens would have been imported from Paraguay between 2021 and 2022. The truth is that little was known until now about the breeders behind these acquisitions. However, the sidelong glances between producers were not long in coming and today, remarkably, several point directly at the Association of Dorper breed ...