Kenyan East Coast Fever vaccine now gets approval

Since 2012, 1.3 million heads of cattle have been vaccinated. FILE PHOTO | NMG

A Kenyan developed vaccine is to be commercialised and deployed across East Africa for the treatment of East Coast Fever.

In a statement, International Livestock Research Institute (Ilri) said it was working closely with the Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed) to fast-track adoption of proven technologies and vaccines where livestock vaccinators will be trained ahead of upcoming vaccination exercise of one million heads of cattle.

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