Along with the text, the official shared the headline of a newspaper article that refers to the export “for the first time” of vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease to the Asian country.
In this sense, Bahillo stressed that “the knowledge economy is key in the national recovery process thanks to the work of Senasa.” The Agriculture Secretary’s tweet was shared by Massa, who retweeted it on the same network.
Shipment
Two weeks ago, the Argentine laboratory exported the first batch of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines to Indonesia to help curb the outbreak of the disease affecting that country.
The quality and safety of this first batch of vaccines was certified by the National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa).
“Two national laboratories requested Senasa to carry out these controls, a procedure that has already culminated with the first batch of vaccines that were exported,” affirmed the president of Senasa, Diana Guillen.
The shipment of the Biogenesis Bagó vaccines was made in association with the company PT. Elanco Animal Health Indonesia, with offices in Jakarta and a structure to guarantee the cold chain, local technical support and commercial management, essential in an emergency context.
Between August and September, the pharmaceutical company will export several million doses of Aftogen Oleo, a monovalent vaccine with proven efficacy in several countries in different species and in emergency situations
That country, one of the 20 largest in the world in terms of production animals, is suffering from an outbreak of this disease that seriously affects the health and productivity of cattle, goats, sheep and pigs.
The outbreak was declared in May and quickly spread to the two main islands, Java and Sumatra, after more than 35 years of maintaining FMD-free status, recognized by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). English).
What is foot and mouth disease?
Fever foot and mouth disease (FA) or Glosopeda is an infectious disease that affects a large number of species, caused by a virus of the Picornaviridae family, genus Aphtovirus, that includes 7 immunologically distinct serotypes as well as numerous different subtypes
The Argentine Republic, for the work carried out with the application of the strategies defined in the National Plan for the Eradication of foot-and-mouth disease that led to overcoming the 2000-2001 epidemic, and to the measures that controlled subsequent reintroductions, it has achieved recognition from the OIE as “free of Foot-and-Mouth Disease” with 5 zones that together occupy the entire national territory:
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