Within the framework of the upcoming annual vaccination campaign 2027 against foot-and-mouth disease and bovine brucellosis, the National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (SENASA) established the technical procedure that the owners of cattle establishments must follow to freely select and agree on the incorporation of a private veterinarian as a vaccinator, in accordance with its Resolution No. 201/2026.
By means of Resolution No. 27/2026, SENASA’s National Animal Health Directorate defined how this choice must be made, the responsibilities and roles at each stage, and how the cold chain for the immunogens will be maintained.
To this end, all procedures will be carried out through self-service on SENASA’s SIGTrámites, with no new fees. In the first stage, the holder of the National Sanitary Registry of Agricultural Producers (RENSPA) must report their choice and appoint an accredited private veterinarian by means of a sworn statement.
This appointment must be made between 15 October and 15 December of each year, before the first official campaign in which the selected scheme will be applied. It is important to clarify that only one veterinarian may be linked to a RENSPA.
For its part, the accredited private veterinarian must accept or reject the designation in the same system. The link is confirmed upon acceptance; until it is finalized (or if it is rejected), the RENSPA will remain associated with the Health Entity in its jurisdiction. Once the link has been validated, the veterinarian will be responsible for both the establishment’s systematic and strategic vaccinations.
Outside the established period, if the RENSPA holder wishes to change their selection, they must do so at the SENASA office in their jurisdiction (the change is finalized once the selected party accepts, whether another veterinarian or the Health Entity). This link may be terminated at the request of the producer or the veterinarian.
To consult the list of available accredited private veterinarians, producers can visit the Organization’s online search tool for accredited veterinarians and select the “vaccinator” role.
Cold storage facilities and association with accredited veterinarians
Anyone storing foot-and-mouth disease and brucellosis vaccines, whether or not they are veterinarians, must register the facility as a “Cold Storage Facility” by means of a sworn statement at any time of the year, without requiring authorization or certification of suitability from SENASA.
The statement must provide and keep up to date the facility’s location, its mode of use, and the refrigeration equipment it will have. The doses received may not exceed those needed for the RENSPA units served or the declared capacity, and each facility must maintain a reserve of 10% for health emergencies, which may only be used with the authorization of the Agency.
In this context, the accredited veterinarian will be responsible not only for vaccination at the premises, but also for preserving the doses until they are administered. To acquire them, the veterinarian must be associated with one or more cold storage facilities, and the process must be carried out through the SIGTrámites platform.
Their responsibilities will include recording the vaccinations they perform, maintaining the cold chain for the immunogen in facilities registered with the Agency, collecting the vaccines from the facility within the 24 hours prior to vaccination, and being responsible for stored vaccines—even if the facility registration or association is canceled—until they are transferred to another facility providing cold storage or administered.
To support implementation and safeguard vaccine quality, SENASA may inspect and audit accredited veterinarians and cold storage facilities, and request temperature records and supporting documentation. In situations affecting the cold chain, the Agency may take the measures provided for under current regulations.
With this measure, the freedom to choose an accredited private veterinarian is subject to clear rules that make it possible to identify who is responsible for vaccinating each facility and to improve traceability and cold-chain monitoring. The measure also gives producers, veterinarians, and Animal Health Entities greater predictability when planning campaigns, and helps maintain vaccination coverage and the country’s animal health status with respect to foot-and-mouth disease.
To carry out the designation and acceptance processes for an accredited private veterinarian, access the instructions with the step-by-step guide to complete the procedure through SIGTrámites.