The campaign will last until July 15. The epidemiological control that has been carried out in Uruguay since 2002 will be carried out.
With the aim of maintaining the sanitary status of Uruguay and the current export markets, foot-and-mouth disease vaccination begins this Thursday in bovines born between 2022 and 2023as confirmed by a statement from the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP).
The immunization period will last one month, from June 15 to July 15 and will include bovines born between 2022 and 2023. The MGAP statement establishes that the results achieved through epidemiological control in the bovine category “has made it possible to maintain the health status of the national herd.”
From this, they establish that the epidemiological surveillance carried out since 2002 “guarantees the absence of circulation of the virus in the national territory and that, in particular, in the southern cone region there have been no outbreaks since 2012”. That is why it is considered unnecessary to vaccinate animals born in 2021 during this period.
According to the resolution published by the MGAP in which it authorized vaccination, in the period between June 15 and 25, Events will not be authorizeds of concentration of bovines such as fair auctions, exhibitions, etc. Although events that do not require the mobilization of bovines will be authorized.
Regarding the cattle that are destined for the job, It will be possible to mobilize within the vaccination period, as long as they have the two vaccinations of the last two periods. In addition, as of June 26, 2023, bovines born between 2022 and 2023 must have been immunized with the vaccine corresponding to the current vaccination period for more than 10 days.
The producer must raise the doses presenting the Dicose Affidavit As of June 30, 2022, the updated sanitary control form and a cooler with ice or refrigerant, in sufficient quantity to guarantee the cold of the vaccines that you withdraw.
2023-06-12 12:47:21
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