In 11 years, Ecuador has not had an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease

For two months, 1,200 technicians visited more than 27,000 farms in all geographical points of continental Ecuador to immunize more than 4.7 million animals (cattle and buffalo) against foot-and-mouth disease, surpassing the goal for this first phase. The work carried out now removes the fear that there was in 2021, when vaccination was delayed due to lack of financial resources, which caused the claim of the members of the livestock guilds, as published by Diario EXPRESO. Due to the actions carried out for 11 years in the country, there have been no outbreaks of this disease. This is the result of the joint work between the National Government and the producer, which has allowed maintaining healthy cattle, quality meat and milk for consumption in Ecuador and the world, it was emphasized at a press conference by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. Since 2015, the country maintains the certification of "Free zone with vaccination in the continental territory", for which two ...