Kansas State University has been researching African Swine Fever for years, including a vaccine for the deadly pig disease. Dr. Stephen Higgs, leader of K-State’s Biosecurity Research Institute, tells Brownfield the U.S. is very fortunate ASF is not here, “It’s proved very, very difficult to control as the Chinese are seeing now. It can spread very, very quickly.”
Higgs says they are NOT close to developing a vaccine but are also working on developing diagnostic tools, looking at swine genetics and potential routes for the disease.
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