Tag: FMD

GenVec’s cattle vaccine gets conditional approval, shares up

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(Reuters) – GenVec Inc said its foot and mouth disease (FMD) vaccine got a conditional approval from a U.S. regulator, sending its shares up 17 percent. The vaccine is GenVec’s first approved product. The company said the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)issued a conditional license to Antelope Valley Bios Inc, which manufactures the vaccine under a contract from GenVec. Foot-and-mouth disease is a severe, highly contagious viral disease of cloven-hooved animals, although not usually fatal. …

New foot and mouth disease strain hits Egypt:FAO

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(Reuters) – A new strain of foot and mouth disease (FMD) has hit Egypt and threatens to spread throughout North Africa and the Middle East, jeopardizing food security in the region, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday. There have been 40,222 suspected cases of the disease in Egypt and 4,658 animals, mostly calves, have already died, the FAO said in a statement citing official estimates. …

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