Amid growing demand and supply shortages, horse owners in Córdoba are expressing concern over the lack of equine encephalomyelitis vaccines. To counteract the lack of supplies, SENASA approved the first batch of vaccines national manufacturing.
Due to the uncertainty, some individuals had to resort to the illegal import due to the impossibility of obtaining the equine virus vaccine. The price variabilitywhich fluctuates between 9 thousand and 30 thousand pesos, contributed to this situation.
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“There are three vaccines approved by SENASA, of those three there are two that are in drops and there is one that has been promised for December 15,” said a veterinary specialist in equines.
In the afternoon of yesterday, Monday, SENASA approved the first batch of vaccines to prevent disease in horses.
The portal Field Bugs anticipated that the laboratory Tecnovaxproducer of the vaccines, was awaiting final approval from SENASA to begin the sale of the products. “I already have a lot of those on order, I have 700 on order, I don’t know how they will distribute them to Córdoba, or to the rest of the provinces,” commented the veterinarian.
According to the information provided by the laboratory, the first partial batch of products with health approval consists of 67,830 doses. These doses will be distributed in accordance with the guidelines established by SENASA for the control of the disease.
Along the same lines, a veterinarian from the Jesús María area explained that: “first they will probably go to the red areas where the spotlights arethen to the orange ones and then to the yellow ones.”
Vaccine desperation
However, due to the lack of vaccines, the situation led some to resort to illegal importation of vaccines from Brazil, due to the concern of horse owners about the threat of the disease. “Everyone consults, many are so desperate that they traveled to Brazil to look for them and this generated an illegal and excessive sale, they were brought in as contraband. This was not safe given what happens with cold chains. I also wonder ‘what if it’s trout and they’re selling distilled water?’” said the rural veterinarian.
Despite this, there was a select group of people who They arrived on time and they managed to organize themselves to vaccinate their horses.
“In principle, each owner, together with the club’s veterinarians and the equestrian’s senior management, all of us dedicated ourselves to trying to obtain the vaccines. There were cautious people who read the title of currents and went out to buy, the ones that came later sold out quickly,” they commented from the Equestrian Jockey Club Córdoba.
Remembering that there are already eight provinces affected by the virus: Chaco, Formosa, Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Córdoba, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Santiago del Estero.
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“It is true that there are no vaccines. Those that have entered are very few and they fly. “No one was prepared for this great demand for vaccines,” say the veterinarians.
Initially, the experts explained that no cases of equine encephalomyelitis had been recorded since 1988, which motivated the decision to eliminate mandatory vaccination and for some, that was the first mistake.
“How do you know that there will be no circulation of viruses if birds are coming to you from anywhere. On the other hand, to make everyone a mea culpa, it was a mistake to stop vaccinating, as well as all diseases that are not mandatory and one continues vaccinating: tetanus, rabies, influenza, etc.
Besides, “It is not going to create a market to supply“So suddenly everyone wants to vaccinate their horse when before it was a small percentage of people who vaccinated.”
Uncertainty and price fluctuation
As if that were not enough, to the previously mentioned drawbacks is added the price variability that have vaccines against the horse virus. The disparity in costs, which range from 9 thousand to 30 thousand pesosdepending on who is consulted and when it is consulted, generates confusion among equine owners.
In addition to this factor, in rural areas, for example, other additional expenses must be considered such as transfer and placement.
2023-12-12 19:59:45
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