Vaccination

If approved, this FMD vaccine could redefine livestock immunisation, combining cutting-edge RNA technology with practical storage stability.

In related developments, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on an mRNA-based vaccine for African swine fever (ASF) that could be more effective than conventional vaccines.

Foot-and-mouth disease is a serious transboundary animal disease that deeply affects the production of livestock and disrupts regional and international trade in animals and animal products.

The vaccine is a live attenuated formulation aimed at protecting pigs from ASF, a highly contagious viral disease for which there had previously been no effective vaccine.

GLOBAL – A major step in the fight against African swine fever (ASF) was taken this year as the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)…

Designed to withstand high temperatures and harsh field conditions, it is being rolled out in Mali, one of the regions hardest hit by goat plague.