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Brazil Forms Foot-and-Mouth Disease Antigen Bank, Taps Argentina’s Biogénesis Bagó

A R$48 million stockpile will hold up to 10 million antigen doses for rapid deployment in any outbreak.

Esteban Turic, Ceo de Biogénesis Bagó.
La planta de la empresa en Garín, que produce para el mercado interno y la exportacón
VACUNACIÓN. Brasil tiene el estatus de país libre de fiebre aftosa sin vacunación. (La Voz / Archivo)

Overview

  • The Agriculture Ministry confirmed the national reserve in partnership with Paraná’s Tecpar and selected Biogénesis Bagó as the supplying producer.
  • The agreement covers a stock of up to 10 million FMD antigens to be kept on hand for emergency use and fast distribution.
  • Funding of R$48 million secures immediate antigen purchases with the option to acquire finished vaccine doses if needed.
  • Officials said the system enables immediate vaccine manufacturing without restarting production lines, cutting response times in a detected case.
  • The move is designed to protect Brazil’s OMSA-validated FMD-free without vaccination status and its beef export markets, supported by a herd of roughly 244 million head.