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A leading research institute in Kenya has initiated trials to test the efficacy of the first candidate African swine fever vaccines.
Key to gaining control over African swine fever (ASF) is the development of an effective vaccine against the disease, according to Lucilla Steinaa of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) of Nairobi.
Testing of 10 vaccine candidates has just begun, reports China-based news agency, Xinhua. Efficacy will be evaluated against the virus genotype circulating in central and eastern Africa.
At the end of last year, ILRI announced that it had used cutting-edge technology to accelerate the development of ASF vaccines. The technology clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, CRISPR was being applied to fast-track the development of live-attenuated ASF virus vaccine candidates. Using CRISPR, ILRI scientists had identified the vaccine candidates in a little over one year, while older techniques mig
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Germany’s agriculture minister has outlined how African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar is indirectly affecting the national pig meat industry.
This week, Germany’s agriculture minister stated that her ministry is doing all it can to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 and African swine fever (ASF).
According to the federal agriculture ministry, Minister Julia Klöckner urged all the country’s federal states to do everything possible to protect their domestic pig populations. Speaking at the opening of the virtual EuroTier trade show, the minister shared the news that the number of cases of ASF among German wild boar has passed the milestone of 600 cases.
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In eastern Germany, the producers’ association is calling for more action to protect the nation’s pigs.
Last week, Germany’s agriculture ministry confirmed that a second wild boar in the state of Saxony had tested positive for the African swine fever (ASF) virus. The animal was found in the Görlitz district of the eastern state of Saxony a district that is outside the previously designated ASF “danger zone.” The location is, however, within the existing “buffer zone.”
Federal Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner called on the stated affected by ASF Brandenburg and Saxony to raise their efforts further to protect the domestic pig populations.
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African swine fever (ASF) has been confirmed at another large farm in western Russia, as well as in non-commercial pigs in Romania.
Over the past week, Russia’s agriculture ministry has registered two outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) in domestic pigs. According to the official report to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), one of these was at a commercial farm in the Bezhetsky region of Tver oblast. Of the 72,664 animals at the premises, 20 died.
Previously, ASF was confirmed at four apparently related units in the same district. More than 160,000 pigs were directly involved in those outbreaks. Tver oblast belongs to the Central federal district.