Definitions from an expert who will visit the country: To enjoy being "free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination," Brazil t

At the end of May, at the summit of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) held in Paris, both Brazil and Bolivia finally achieved the highest sanitary condition in livestock after being declared as countries free of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) without vaccination. This is a desire that has taken over 30 years in Argentina, and which has not yet found a coordinated plan to be implemented. At the regional and global level, the Brazilian case is exemplary. With a cattle herd of 210 million heads, it is one of the most important meat producers and exporters on the planet, even surpassing India, Australia, and the United States. From now on, thanks to this recognition, it will no longer be required to apply the anti-FMD vaccine in any of its regions, but it will need to strengthen its controls and carefully maintain this status. "Surveillance is much more rigorous when you do not vaccinate than when you do. That is a fact," said the vice president of the Confederação da ...