Scientists Race to Build Vaccine for African Swine Fever
The devastating outbreak of the disease that has led to millions of pig deaths in East Asia has intensified efforts to develop a vaccine quickly, but the virus presents several challenges that are yet to be overcome.
Meeting of Prof. Sánchez-Vizcaíno with the Bioscwin group
Professor José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno has a meeting with members of the China Bioscwin group to discuss both the current situation of African swine fever (ASF) globally, and the specific situation of this disease in China.
New research article published in Frontiers in Microbiology
High Load of Deformed Wing Virus and Varroa destructor Infestation Are Related to Weakness of Honey Bee Colonies in Southern SpainSeminar on African Swine Fever in South Korea for veterinarians and cattle ranchers
During May 22, 23 and 25, Prof. José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno has held a series of seminars in South Korea, organized by the company Dodrom, on the prevention and control of African swine fever. At the same time, he has held a meeting with those responsible for animal health of the Ministry of Agriculture of the country.
The seminars taught were the following:
- Global situation of African Swine Fever
- African Swine Fever Control and Erradication. Routes of Transmission
- Analisis of Clinical signs and pathological lessions
- Laboratory Diagnosis.
- African Swine Fever: Present and Future control.
Chinese delegation visits the visavet center
A delegation of Chinese breeders and veterinarians have visited our center to learn about the status of the African Swine Fever and the improvements that could have been made in China.
New in the media:
- Veterinarios y ganaderos chinos se forman en España sobre la PPA (Animal´s Health, spanish text)
- Veterinarios chinos visitan España para formarse en peste porcina africana (Diario Veterinario, spanish text)
First oral vaccination against African Swine Fever
The international scientific journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science has published the study "First Oral Vaccination of Eurasian Wild Boar Against African Swine Fever Virus Genotype II", which is being developed in Spain under the direction of the Professor of Animal Health José Manuel Sánchez Vizcaíno at the Complutense University of Madrid.
The news has had a great impact on the media:
New in Animal´s Health journal (spanish text)- New in the "Diario Veterinario" (spanish text)
- New in "Caza World" (spanish text)
- Noticia publicada en la revista Animal´s Health
- Noticia publicada en el Diario Veterinario
- Noticia publicada en Caza World