African Swine Fever Vaccine Use Halted In Vietnam After Pig Deaths

Aug 25, 2022

By Nathan Collins

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Vietnam has temporarily suspended the use of its first home-grown African swine fever vaccine after dozens of pigs inoculated with the shots died this month, state media reported on Wednesday.

The pigs were among around 600 pigs at several farms in the central province of Phu Yen having been injected with the NAVET-ASFVAC vaccine developed by Navetco, a company owned by the agriculture ministry, reported Nhan Dan newspaper.

“We have set up a working group to travel to the province to investigate the deaths of the pigs,” said an agriculture ministry official, who declined to be named as he’s not authorised to speak to media.

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Navetco didn’t immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

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Pigs getting ready to be tested for African swine fever at a farm in Cam Giang, Hai Duong province, Vietnam, on June 11, 2022, as the disease reeks havoc on the pork industry around the world.
(Maika Elan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

African swine fever is harmless to humans but often fatal to pigs. It originated in Africa before spreading to Europe and Asia and has killed hundreds of millions of pigs.

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