Vaccine
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Indigenous African Swine Fever Vaccine Developed by ICAR
African Swine Fever is one of the most destructive viral diseases affecting domestic and wild pigs.
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African countries strengthen PPR eradication drive as national programmes expand
Eliminating PPR would protect livestock assets that millions of African households depend on for food security, income and resilience.
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Uganda, Egypt advance veterinary vaccine plant to strengthen FMD control
The partners aim to develop a quadrivalent vaccine targeting the four FMD virus serotypes circulating in Uganda while transferring Egyptian technical expertise to Ugandan scientists.
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Nigeria plans US$100M veterinary vaccine plant to strengthen livestock disease control
The facility is expected to produce up to 1.2 billion vaccine doses annually, initially serving the domestic market.
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Tunisia pilots BCG vaccine trial to curb bovine tuberculosis
In addition to the risk to public health, Bovine tuberculosis causes general illness, pneumonia, weight loss, and ultimately death in affected animals.
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KALRO develops natural tsetse fly repellent to protect livestock from deadly diseases
The eco-friendly Tsetse Fly Shield repellent comes in a sachet.
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UN agencies push to contain resurgent New World Screwworm across the Americas
The US$1 million five-year research initiative aims to control the return of the New World Screwworm across America.
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FAO vaccinates over 106,000 livestock in South Sudan
This vaccination campaign shows a growing momentum in African nations as they step up disease control efforts.
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Uganda launches nationwide FMD vaccination drive targeting 45.5M livestock
This is the first nationwide foot-and-mouth disease vaccination campaign in Uganda.
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Ceva acquires Aquilón, gains Europe’s only swine dysentery vaccine
The transaction includes the first and only European commercial vaccine against swine dysentery caused by Brachyspira H.
