India’s First Indigenous African Swine Fever Vaccine

On 4th August 2026, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan dedicated India’s first indigenous African Swine Fever (ASF) vaccine, developed by ICAR-NIHSAD, to the nation at the ICAR Foundation Day event.

  • The MA-104 Cell Line-Based Live Attenuated ASF Vaccine has been developed using an attenuated ASFV Genotype II virus with specific gene deletions.
  • It is recommended for healthy pigs above 8 weeks of age and is administered as a 1 mL intramuscular injection, followed by a booster dose after 14 days.
  • ASF was first detected in India in 2020 and has caused significant pig mortality and economic losses, particularly in the North-Eastern ....
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