Pig deaths after vaccination not because of vaccine quality: agriculture official

Veterinarians take samples from a pig that died after being injected with NAVET-ASFVAC in the south central province of Phú Yên late last month. - VNA/VNS

HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): About 750 pigs are reported to have died after being injected with NAVET-ASFVAC, the first home-grown African swine fever vaccine produced by Vietnam, though an agriculture official has refuted claims the deaths are related to the quality of the vaccine.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phùng Đức Tiến told the media that more than 21,000 doses of the vaccine had been administered.