Japanese encephalitis vaccine for pigs 'months away' from Australian rollout

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Japanese encephalitis vaccine for pigs 'months away' from Australian rollout
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After the deaths five people and thousands of pigs, developers are waiting for the go-ahead to start manufacturing the vaccine on an industrial scale.

abc.net.au/news/japanese-encephalitis-virus-vaccine-months-from-rollout/101886840A vaccine developed to protect pigs from the deadly Japanese encephalitis virus is "months away" from being rolled out on a major scale, researchers say.About 400,000 doses are expected to be distributedThe mosquito-borne disease has claimed the lives of five Australians and thousands of pigs over the past year.

"We hope it'll be available in under six months, as we have the vaccine ready to manufacture — it's really just waiting on the regulator. "We would have litters that just wouldn't bear any live piglets, so that just put massive holes in our business," he said.

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