ICAR Develops India's First Indigenous African Swine Fever Vaccine

Why is this vaccine important?

• ASF can cause very high mortality in domestic and wild pigs and has caused major losses to pig farmers in India.
• The vaccine uses a live attenuated platform — a weakened form of the virus used to train the animal's immune system.
• Its indigenous development is intended to make vaccination more accessible and reduce dependence on proprietary foreign production systems.