The race is underway to find a vaccine that can control African swine fever, a highly contagious and deadly viral infection ravaging China's hog population. There is currently no treatment or effective vaccine available, but there was some encouraging news this week.
The race is underway to find a vaccine that can control African swine fever, a highly contagious and deadly viral infection ravaging China's hog population.
A government-run research facility in China developed two vaccine candidates that were proven in laboratory tests to provide immunity to the deadly pig disease,said Friday, citing a report originally from Beijing state media. The report also offered promise given clinical trials are planned. Outbreaks of African swine fever also have been reported in other Asian countries, including Vietnam, Cambodia and Mongolia, as well as in Europe and Africa, where it was first identified more than a century ago. It comes amidLast week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it also developed a
Even as vaccine candidates continue to be evaluated, the federal government is beginning collaborations with vaccine manufacturers, according to USDA scientist Luis Rodriguez, the research leader at the Foreign Animal Disease unit. He said the goal is "to fully develop a vaccine that is safe, efficacious and allows differentiating vaccinated from infected animals ."
"Our observation that three wild boar were immunized through contact indicates that orally vaccinated animals can shed [the] vaccine virus," according to the study, done under the direction of Jose Manuel Sanchez-Vizcaino, a professor in animal science at the University of Madrid. He wasn't available for an interview for this story.
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