Mexican farmers innovate with vaccines to improve pig health

Guadalajara (Mexico), Feb 10 (EFE).- Mexican pork producers begin to use a subdermal and needle-free vaccination system to reduce the stress of sick animals, reduce virus transmission and increase quality meat certification. one of the main agricultural exports. The veterinarian Guillermo Bernal Martínez explained this Friday in an interview with EFE that this vaccination technology does not use needles and is applied to the skin and not intramuscularly, since they have verified that the concentration of dermal cells responds more quickly to immunizing agents. Within the framework of the Congress of Veterinary Medical Specialists in Pigs of Los Altos de Jalisco (AMVECAJ) 2023, which concludes this Friday in the city of Tepatitlán (western Mexico), the specialist pointed out that another advantage is that this technology does not damage the muscles of the animal and that favors the quality of the meat. “With needle-free immunization, pain caused by the injection is avoided, as well ...