An entity affirms that the price of the foot-and-mouth vaccine fell almost 20% in one year and that the purchasing power of the sector is the highest in the last decade

In this way, the rural entity assures that this value not only showed a sharp drop compared to last year, but that it was positioned, in real terms, as the lowest of the 2018-26 average.

It should be remembered that the national government carried out the deregulation of the foot-and-mouth vaccine market, simplifying its import, and also applied a change in the inoculation scheme of the national herd, lowering the number of annual applications.

The work states that “the value of the dose is US$ 1.01 measured in CCL dollars. This value represents a 10% drop compared to the same period last year. Despite this, it is 16% above the average value, given the years of exchange restrictions.”

Given the drop in the relative price of the vaccine, the entity assured that the purchasing power of the livestock sector improved considerably compared to previous years, also helped by the rise in the price of live animals.

Thus, if it is measured in terms of the price of the bullock, “there is a substantial rise of the relative purchasing power, both due to the relative decrease in the dose and the increase in the value of the steer.”

In this sense, with one kilo of 430 kilo steer, 2.9 doses of foot-and-mouth vaccines are purchased, the SRA stated. “Not only is it 63% above the historical value of the relationship, but It is the highest value of the last decade“added the writing.

“If we measure it with respect to the live kg of the calf (160 to 180 kg), today it has a purchasing capacity of 4.4 doses of foot-and-mouth vaccines. Not only does it almost double the average purchasing capacity of recent years, but it is the highest value of the last decade,” the work concluded.

The second annual vaccination campaign against foot and mouth disease has already come into force in the current semester and at this stage it includes only calves and heifers with a first immunization already received in 2026, so the inoculation does not reach heifers, steers and young bulls, among other categories, as occurs in other countries in the Southern Cone.

With the application of this new scheme, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries highlighted that this reduction in doses will allow the Argentine livestock sector to save nearly 14 million doses for a total of approximately US$22 million.

It should be remembered that in the second campaign of 2025, 28,161,890 cattle from all over the country were inoculated, of which 14,221,997 were older categories and the rest, 13,939,893, calves and heifers.

According to Agriculture, this change in the vaccination scheme not only means savings for the sector, but also generates “less stress for the animals, which prevents weight loss, reproductive loss, movements, as well as less waste in the refrigerators.”

Last week, the Minister of Deregulation and Transformation of the State of the Nation, Federico Sturzenegger, announced the approval by Senasa of a new vaccine against foot and mouth disease for cattle.

It is about Aftogan, from the Colombian laboratory Vecol, a major global supplier of this veterinary product. According to the minister, the company is the largest supplier in Uruguay, where it sells 6 million doses annually.

MORE OFFER IN FOOT AND MEASURE VACCINE. Yesterday we received with great joy the news that @SenasaAR had approved the Aftogan foot-and-mouth vaccine from the Colombian laboratory Vecol. Vecol is a major global supplier of foot and mouth vaccines. In Uruguay it sells about 6 million doses… pic.twitter.com/xTVzqGyFve

— Fede Sturzenegger (@fedesturze) July 30, 2026

“The possible emergence of Vecol (for now it is only the sales authorization) helps us reinforce a more competitive environment in this market,” said Sturzenegger on his official X account.