MoU Signed For Commercial Production of Lumpi-ProVac: Lumpi-ProVacind is used for the prophylactic immunization of animals against Lumpy Skin Disease, which illicit protection for about one year. According to the Scientists and Government, the vaccine technology will meet out the standard of the market and significantly provide a defence mechanism to control the devastating lumpy skin disease.
LSD: Livelihood Crisis for India’s Small Dairy Farmers
National Centre for Veterinary Type Culture, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines (ICAR-NRCE), Hisar (Haryana), in collaboration with ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar (UP) developed a homologous live-attenuated LSD vaccine, named Lumpi-ProVacInd.
Agrinnovate India Limitd (AgIn), the commercial arm of DARE, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Govt. of India granted “Non-Exclusive Rights” for Commercial production of “Lumpi-ProVac”, to Institute of Veterinary Biological Products (IVBP).
Recent Science and Technology Current Affairs Articles:
Lumpi-ProVac Vaccine is used for the prophylactic immunization of animals against Lumpy Skin Disease, which illicit protection for about one year.
- Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) is caused by the lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV), which is a virus of the capripoxvirus genus in the poxviridae family.
- Sheeppox virus and goatpox virus are the other members of the genus capripoxvirus.
- The lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) mainly affects cattle — cow and its progeny, and the Asian water buffaloes.
LSDV attacks the circulatory system of an animal and causes vasculitis or inflammation of blood vessels and lesions in various organs like liver, lungs, spleen, lymph nodes etc.... Read more at: https://www.adda247.com/upsc-exam/lumpy-skin-disease-lsd/
National Centre for Veterinary Type Culture, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines (ICAR-NRCE), Hisar (Haryana), in collaboration with ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar (UP) developed a homologous live-attenuated LSD vaccine, named Lumpi-ProVacInd.
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