Vietnam says will have African swine fever vaccine 'soon', experts scepticaln this June 16, 2019, photo, animal health workers load bags of dead pigs into a pitch for burial in An Phu district, An Giang province, Vietnam. (AP file photo)HANOI: Vietnam said on Tuesday it has had initial success in creating a vaccine to fight African swine fever, which has infected farms throughout the Southeast Asian country and prompted the culling of around 10% of its pig herd. "I think we're on the right track, and we will soon have a vaccine," Cuong said, according to the official Vietnam News Agency (VNA). Experts on vaccines and African swine fever, though, were sceptical over the claims of progress and said there needed to be much more research to prove the viability of any vaccine. African swine fever was first detected in Asia last year in China, the world's largest pork producer.

Source: Bangkok Post July 02, 2019 10:01 UTC