African swine fever (ASF) is a devastating infectious disease in pigs – usually deadly. No vaccine exists to combat this virus. The European Union has laid down prevention and control measures to be applied where African swine fever is suspected or confirmed, either in holdings or in wild boars.
The EU-funded VACDIVA project aims to provide three safe and effective pilot vaccines for wild boar and domestic pigs that is ready for registration. It also validates tests and developes cost-benefit and -effective surveillance and control-vaccination strategies.
