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Vietnamese companies ready to export African swine fever vaccines

Two Vietnamese enterprises have said that they are ready to boost the production of African swine fever (ASF) vaccines to serve domestic demands and exports.
Vietnamese companies ready to export African swine fever vaccines ảnh 1Vietnamese companies ready to export African swine fever vaccines. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Two Vietnamese enterprises have said thatthey are ready to boost the production of African swine fever (ASF) vaccines to serve domesticdemands and exports.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD),African swine fever is a highly lethal and contagious disease of domesticpigs and wild boars, there was no ASF vaccines in the world over the past 100 years.

With a strong determination, two Vietnameseenterprises namely NAVETCO Central Veterinary Medicine Joint Stock Company(NAVETCO) and AVAC Vietnam Joint Stock Company have taken the initiative inresearching and manufacturing ASF vaccines.

The administration of more than 600,000 doses of ASFvaccine on pigs aged between 8-10 weeks carried out by the two companies have shownpositive outcomes.

Tran Xuan Hanh, Deputy General Director of NAVETCO, said thecompany has well prepared resources from labourers, materials and machines toboost bulk production of its vaccine. It has sent documents to the Philippines,Thailand, and Myanmar for further evaluation of the vaccine’s effectiveness.

Regarding the results of cooperation in testing theASF vaccine NAVET-ASFVAC in Dominica, at the request of thecountry and with the consent of the MARD, the Department of Animal Health and NAVETCO sent a delegation tosupport Dominica in deploying and testing the NAVET-ASFVAC vaccine from May 15to June 19, 2023.

The working delegation coordinated with relevant agencies in Dominica to conduct the injection of 459 doses (out of atotal of 2,500 doses of provided by NAVETCO) at three pig farms.

The test results showed that the NAVET-ASFVAC vaccine wassafe and effective with all 459 experimental pigs. Based on the test results, Dominica proposed NAVETCO continue to support 2,500 more doses ofvaccine for expanded injection in the near future.

Meanwhile, AVAC has supported 1,000 doses of AVAC ASFLIVE vaccine to the Philippines. Following the trail, the Philippine authorities concluded that the vaccine is safe and shows no evidence of viralshedding. Therefore, they proposed the Philippine government officially licence the import and use of300,000 doses of AVAC ASF LIVE vaccine in the country.

With NAVET-ASFVAC and AVAC ASF LIVE, Vietnam has become the first country to successfullydevelop and produce two vaccines against ASF, a disease that first appeared inAfrica in 1921 with a mortality rate of up to 100%./.

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