Large pig farms celebrate the implementation of the plan against Aujeszky's disease, will contribute the money, and hope in a

The pork industry took a step that it had been demanding for years. The new health plan to control Aujeszky's disease, officially launched today by Senasa, was welcomed by producers and the industry, who now finally have a concrete roadmap to sanitize the herd and free trade from internal and external restrictions. Agustín Seijas, executive director of the Argentine Pork Federation, highlighted that the private sector will support the process not only from a technical but also from an economic standpoint. In the context of a new health plan, establishments that test positive will have to bear the cost of controlling and eradicating the virus in their pig stock. Meanwhile, in smaller operations, which do not have recorded livestock movements, Senasa will be in charge of the oversight and the control of the disease will be handled by a fund that will be created for this purpose with money from the private sector, that is, with contributions from the largest breeders. It is estimated ...