ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), which has developed an indigenous vaccine for classical swine fever (CSF) and sheep pox diseases transferred this technology to an animal healthcare company Hester Biosciences.
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The Classical Swine Fever (CSF) is an important disease of pigs that causes 100% mortality.
In India, the disease is controlled by a lapinized CSF vaccine (Weybridge Strain, U.K.) produced by killing large numbers of rabbits.
To avoid this, the ICAR-IVRI developed a Cell Culture CSF Vaccine using the Lapinized Vaccine Virus from foreign strain.
Sheep pox is a severe viral disease in sheep. A live attenuated Sheep Pox Vaccine using indigenous strain was developed by the Institute for preventive vaccination in the sheep population.