Uruguay advances in pilot plan for vaccination against ticks with participation of veterinarians and the MGAP

The fight against the tick, one of the main health problems in cattle ranching in Uruguay and the region, added a new chapter with the launch of a pilot vaccination plan. Representatives from the National Academy of Veterinary Medicine, the Society of Veterinary Medicine, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the UdelaR, and the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) participated in a meeting at the Institut Pasteur in Montevideo to learn firsthand about the project's advances. The initiative is led by Scaffold Biotech, a startup founded by researchers Agustín Correa and Matías Machado, within the framework of the Pasteur's LAB+ program and with the support of Ficus Advisory. The company is working with the MGAP on the development and validation of a vaccine that aims to become a key tool within the National Plan to Fight the Tick. According to Correa, the tick generates annual losses estimated at 95 million dollars in the Mercosur countries due to the diseases it ...