Vaccine for Schmallenberg is two years away, British Veterinary Association says
From Farmers Weekly (London)
A vaccine to control the Schmallenberg virus is at least two years away, according to the British Veterinary Association.
BVA president Carl Padgett told Farmers Weekly that the virus was completely new.
“We would be starting, roughly, from scratch with the development of a vaccine,” Mr Padgett said.
“It took 18 months to two years to bring the bluetongue vaccine to market.
“The UK was helped by the fact that the disease took many months for the midge to spread the disease from the south of France. We don’t have that extra time with Schmallenberg – it is already here,” Mr Padgett said.