Full in the Pantanal made MS extend for the second time vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease in the region | Corumbá and Region

The ordinance with the extension was published Wednesday (27) in the State Gazette, and states that the period of vaccination of herds that would end this Saturday (30) of June, is extended until July 30, with the breeder having until August 15 to make communication to the organ.

In addition to vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease, the deadline for the producer to vaccinate animals against brucellosis has also been extended. In this case, vaccination and communication can also be done before August 15th.

The first extension of the 15-day vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease was determined by Iagro at the end of May and beyond the Pantbad, also benefiting the Plateau and Fronteira, because of the reflexes of the truckers' strike . impacted by the inventory of vaccine sales.

In the Pantbad, in this first extension, the campaign, which was originally scheduled to take place until June 15, had been extended until Saturday, June 30.

However, due to the flood, the Rural Union of Corumbá and the Federation of Agriculture and Livestock of Mato Grosso do Sul (Famasul System) requested a further extension of the deadline, this time from 30 days, beginning of June.

The president of the entity, Luciano Aguilar, justified the claim by explaining to the G1 that the peak of the flood should only reach the region by the end of this month. He also commented that the situation was based on technical studies of the Embrapa Pantbad, the civil defense of the municipality and the recognition by the government of the state and the Union of the situation of 39 emergency in Corumbá.

Due to the flood, Aguilar told G1 that out of the 1,973 million cattle in Corumba, which is the second largest herd per municipality in the country, about 1 million was to be removed from the low-lying areas that were flooded in the Nabileque, Jacadigo and Abobral, among others, causing a loss of about 350 million reais.