Chinese Harbin Institute says new ASF vaccine is effective

China’s Harbin Veterinary Research Institute stated it developed a vaccine to African Swine Fever which, according to laboratory testing, is safe and effective. The discovery was made public in a scientific article published in Science China Life Sciences and also news agency Bloomberg reported on the finding.

The discovery was made public in a scientific article published in Science China Life Sciences and also news agency Bloomberg reported on the finding. The Harbin institute, overseen by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), said deleting a series of genes from the virus created a live vaccine with reduced virulence.
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