Agricultural Research Council | FMD | FMD-Free Status | Foot and Mouth Disease | John Steenhuisen | The Green Guardian
SA produces first foot-and-mouth disease vaccines in 21 years
South Africa’s first locally-produced foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccines in 21 years were formally handed over at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Research facility of the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) on Friday. The initial batch of 12 900 doses – produced at pilot scale using modern bioreactor technology – will be distributed across six provinces, with the Eastern…