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| **Event/Highlight**               | **Details**                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| **First Indigenous ASF Vaccine**  | Developed by **ICAR-NIHSAD, Bhopal**; launched on **ICAR Foundation Day 2026** by Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Vaccine is **live attenuated**, derived from **MA-104 cell line**.      |
| **Significance**                  | Enhances **biosecurity**, supports pig farmers (especially in **Northeast India**), and advances **Aatmanirbhar Bharat** in veterinary vaccines. India joins few nations capable of producing an ASF vaccine. |
| **African Swine Fever (ASF)**      | Contagious viral disease affecting pigs/wild boars. **Symptoms**: High fever, hemorrhages, 100% mortality in some cases. **No risk to humans** but causes severe economic losses.                             |

Event/Highlight	Details
First Indigenous ASF Vaccine	Developed by ICAR-NIHSAD, Bhopal; launched on ICAR Foundation Day 2026 by Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Vaccine is live attenuated, derived from MA-104 cell line.
Significance	Enhances biosecurity, supports pig farmers (especially in Northeast India), and advances Aatmanirbhar Bharat in veterinary vaccines. India joins few nations capable of producing an ASF vaccine.
African Swine Fever (ASF)	Contagious viral disease affecting pigs/wild boars. Symptoms: High fever, hemorrhages, 100% mortality in some cases. No risk to humans but causes severe economic losses.

India Launches First Indigenous African Swine Fever Vaccine