Livestock producers will stop selling 11.4 million dollars in live animals per day due to the new barage worm sprouts detected in Oaxaca and Veracruz, according to the National Agricultural Council (CNA).
“It is estimated that, for the suspension of exports, Mexico would stop entering 11.4 million dollars daily in foreign exchange from the sale of cattle,” said the agency led by Jorge Esteve Recolons.
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He recalled that Mexico was declared free of this plague in 1991, which has allowed maintaining a sanitary status that facilitates access to international markets: “losing this condition represents a serious risk to animal health, the well -being of production animals, and the population’s access to safe and sufficient meat products.”
The boreride is the flip of a fly that deposits its eggs in open injuries of hot blood animals. When hatching, the larvae feed on living tissue, causing myiasis, a disease that can be lethal if it is not.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) suspended imports of cattle, horses and bison from Mexico, due to new barage worm outbreaks detected in Oaxaca and Veracruz.
The USDA conditioned the resumption of trade to a “significant containment window” based on active surveillance in the field, strict control of the animal movement and the sustained release of sterile insects.
The Secretary of Agriculture of Mexico, Julio Berdegué, said that it is a 15 -day measure, in which the joint strategy between Mexico and the United States will be reviewed to contain and eradicate the plague. If so, losses for producers would reach 171 million dollars.
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“This measure severely impacts the livestock sector of the northern country, which only for Sonora and Chihuahua mobilized more than 5,700 head of cattle a day,” said the business organization.
He indicated that prior to the suspension, 2,500 heads from Sonora and another 3,200 from Chihuahua were exported daily, and that the average price of each head of cattle is valued at 2,000 dollars.
“Closing the crosses does not stop the advance of the boreride worm, but the urgent thing is to strengthen the actions in the southern and center of the country, where the cases have been detected,” he said.
The members of the CNA recognized the government’s response to the bullshit worm outbreaks: “We consider it unnecessary to close crosses where strict protocols operate, but a greater investment in the production and release of sterile flies is needed.”
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The agency indicated that a reinforcement to health surveillance is also required, combating cattle smuggling, and accelerating the authorization of crossing points with certified infrastructure.
He said that Mexico has the technical capacity and institutional commitment to guarantee agricultural health.
“Today more than ever, real cooperation is needed to contain plague and ensure animal health and access to food for the population of both countries,” he said.
