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In August, prompted by reports on the death of 600 pigs in Vietnam that had been vaccinated with the African Swine government temporarily suspended use of the vaccine. The However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which developed
actually was the vaccine being distributed by NAVETCO. USDA’s Agriculture Research Service has partnered with NAVETCO on vaccine research and development for ASF for a couple of
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I U.S. federal agencies and academic institutions met at Texas A&M together to combat the viruses, bacteria and other emerging pathogens that threaten the nation’s agricultural economy, food supply, wildlife and public health.
membership meeting of RAV3N — Research Alliance for Veterinary Science labs engaged in biodefense research for funding support from U.S. Department of Health Research Complex serves as the
on determining how the federal and academic labs across the United States can cooperate to improve our ability to detect and respond to how to improve the development of countermeasures that will help slow or stop the spread of these pathogens and the diseases they cause.”
RAV3N formed in 2020 during the
Membership in RAV3N includes labs belonging to USDA and two of its agencies, the Animal and Plant Health
Global Health Research Complex Director Kurt Zuelke taking the RAV3N members on a tour of the complex – Photo courtesy of Texas A&M University
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Research Service: the USDA National Center and the USDA-APHIS National Veterinary Services Laboratories, both Animal Disease Research Unit in New USDA-ARS Southeast Poultry Research
Federal-level membership also includes the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Plum Island Animal
Mountain Laboratories in Montana.
A&M, academic membership includes the Plant and Animal Agrosecurity Research Facility at The Ohio State Disease Research at the University of Laboratory at Boston University. R
