La Pampa: alert for changes in the vaccination system against foot-and-mouth disease and brucelic disease

As an echo of the recent SENASA Resolution No. 201/2026, members of the Provincial Commission for Animal Health (COPROSA) of La Pampa expressed their concern about the modifications introduced in the vaccination system against foot-and-mouth disease and brucellosis.

The demonstration took place during an extraordinary meeting convened by the Minister of Production of La Pampa, Fernanda González and which was attended by the Undersecretary of Agrarian Affairs, Ricardo Baraldi, the Director of Livestock, Marcelo Lluch, representatives of the 24 Animal Health Foundations, national organizations such as INTA, rural entities -CARBAP, CONINAGRO, Argentine Rural Society and Argentine Agrarian Federation-, in addition to the Veterinary Medical College and the UNLPAM’s Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.

González told to the Provincial News Agency that the meeting aimed to “generate a space for exchange and analysis in relation to the regulations, surveying the opinions of all the actors involved and highlighting the health status achieved.” In this sense, she stressed the key role of health entities, made up of producers, both in the execution of vaccination campaigns and in their territorial function.

The minister stressed that “the majority coincidences around the need to safeguard the current system, especially through health entities, which have historically guaranteed the correct application of the campaigns throughout the provincial territory.”

Meanwhile, Baraldi warned that the measure “presents difficulties in reflecting the particularities of the productive interior, regional economies and the specific functioning of health entities,” and underscored the sustained investment made by producers to achieve the current sanitary status.

During the meeting, uncertainty was also raised regarding the implementation of the new scheme, particularly in relation to control mechanisms, the guarantee of vaccination compliance, the preservation of the cold chain, the logistics of vaccine distribution and the assignment of responsibilities in the event of possible health contingencies. Likewise, the possible impact on the sustainability of health foundations, technical employment and operability in territories with specific complexities was warned.

In the meeting the participants agreed that the current system is the result of more than 25 years of articulated work between the public and private sectors, which made it possible to achieve health achievements of international relevance, such as the absence of viral circulation for more than 15 years and the recognition of the Argentine Republic as a country free of foot-and-mouth disease in accordance with the standards of the World Organization for Animal Health.

From the La Pampa’s Ministry of Production, it was reported that a formal statement will be issued to the national government, in order to convey the concerns and considerations that have arisen, especially with regard to the role of health entities, the mechanisms for controlling compliance with vaccination and the determination of responsibilities within the framework of the new regulations.

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