National Pork Producers Council chief veterinarian Liz Wagstrom tells Brownfield a major hurdle has been cleared in the development of a Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine bank.
Last week, USDA authorized the movement of a non-virulent strain of the FMD virus from the Plum Island Animal Disease Center to the U.S. mainland.
“This is a vaccine that USDA has been working on for many, many years, but in a very confined area of Plum Island.
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