The African swine fever vaccine led by Spain would be ready in 2024

Europe plans to have an effective vaccine against African swine fever (ASF) ready by 2024, the main health risk for pig herds worldwide. This was confirmed by the professor of the Veterinary Faculty of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno, during the official presentation of the results at the First International Workshop for the pig sector, organized by COAG, Coordinadora Europea Vía Campesina and HORIZCIENCE, in Lleida on October 1, within the framework of the European project VACDIVA, which has the collaboration of various entities such as MSD Animal Health. Sánchez-Vizcaíno announced that pilot plans for the African swine fever (ASF) vaccine are expected to begin in 2024 in Lithuania, Romania and Kenya. Likewise, the Spanish researcher is hopeful by the fact that, after long years of investigation of a disease so complex and widespread across the five continents with many variants, at this time, they have three vaccine prototypes for wild ...