Vietnamese companies ready to export vaccines. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Two ese enterprises have said that
they are ready to boost the production of African swine fever (ASF) vaccines to serve domestic
demands and exports.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD),
African swine fever is a highly lethal and contagious disease of domestic
pigs and wild boars, there was no ASF vaccines in the world over the past 100 years.
With a strong determination, two Vietnamese
enterprises namely NAVETCO Central Veterinary Medicine Joint Stock Company
(NAVETCO) and AVAC Vietnam Joint Stock Company have taken the initiative in
researching and manufacturing ASF vaccines.
The administration of more than 600,000 doses of ASF
vaccine on pigs aged between 8-10 weeks carried out by the two companies have shown
positive outcomes.
Tran Xuan Hanh, Deputy General Director of NAVETCO, said the
company has well prepared resources from labourers, materials and machines to
boost 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 the
ASF vaccine NAVET-ASFVAC in Dominica, at the request of the
country and with the consent of the MARD, the Department of Animal Health and NAVETCO sent a delegation to
support Dominica in deploying and testing the NAVET-ASFVAC vaccine from May 15
to June 19, 2023.
The working delegation coordinated with relevant agencies in Dominica to conduct the injection of 459 doses (out of a
total of 2,500 doses of provided by NAVETCO) at three pig farms.
The test results showed that the NAVET-ASFVAC vaccine was
safe and effective with all 459 experimental pigs. Based on the test results, Dominica proposed NAVETCO continue to support 2,500 more doses of
vaccine for expanded injection in the near future.
Meanwhile, AVAC has supported 1,000 doses of AVAC ASF
LIVE vaccine to the Philippines. Following the trail, the Philippine authorities concluded that the vaccine is safe and shows no evidence of viral
shedding. Therefore, they proposed the Philippine government officially licence the import and use of
300,000 doses of AVAC ASF LIVE vaccine in the country.
With NAVET-ASFVAC and AVAC ASF LIVE, Vietnam has become the first country to successfully
develop and produce two vaccines against ASF, a disease that first appeared in
Africa in 1921 with a mortality rate of up to 100%./.
Source: VietnamPlus
