Taking advantage of its status as "disease-free in salmonids," Argentina will be able to export rainbow trout ova to cu

For the first time in its short aquaculture history, Argentina has achieved the opening of four South American markets for the export of rainbow trout (O. mykiss) embryonated eggs. This is a milestone that will boost international trade of salmonids and promote local genetics in the world. According to the confirmation of the Agro-Food Health and Quality Service (Senasa), Argentine eggs will now be able to enter Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. This will occur as long as the sanitary requirements set forth in Resolution 2530 of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN), a bloc formed by the aforementioned countries, are met. In particular, the regulation aims to prevent the entry of zoonotic diseases of significance for this activity. While Argentina has a zone declared by Senasa before the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) as free of mandatory notification diseases affecting salmonids, which includes all the water bodies that constitute the upper and middle basin of the ...