A major accomplishment for the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati has invented a novel vaccine technology to Bio Med Pvt. Ltd., a reputable manufacturer that specialises in premium vaccines. This innovative technology uses a recombinant vector vaccine created especially to fight the virus that causes classical swine fever in wild boars and pigs.
This ground-breaking vaccine, which is the first of its kind for pigs, makes use of a reverse genetic platform that IIT Guwahati developed and refined. Though it doesn’t affect humans, swine fever is a highly contagious disease that poses a serious threat to livestock and has a high death rate. Examples of this illness have been reported often in the northeastern states of India, as well as in Gujarat, Bihar, Kerala, Punjab, and Haryana.