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IPB University webinar weighs vaccines from local isolates to control Newcastle disease in poultry
IPB University's agromaritime development institute hosted a webinar on 27 October marking a century of Newcastle disease, where a Ministry of Agriculture veterinarian discussed homologous vaccines built on local virus isolates.
Why it matters: Developing Newcastle disease vaccines from local isolates would need adequate virus isolate data, a Ministry of Agriculture veterinarian told the IPB University webinar.
IPB University's LPA2I (Lembaga Pengembangan Agromaritim dan Akselerasi Innopreneurship, its institute for agromaritime development and innopreneurship acceleration) held the webinar #TNCTalksE18 on Tuesday 27 October, titled 'A Century of Newcastle Disease: Reflections and Control Strategies for Sustainable Poultry Farming'.
The university said Newcastle disease, known locally as tetelo, remains a challenge for poultry keeping and that homologous vaccines based on local isolates could improve protection against virus strains circulating in the field.
Speaking for the head of LPA2I, Bonjok Istiaji described the webinar as a forum for academics, government and livestock businesses to deepen understanding of the challenges of controlling the disease.
Juita Siregar, a veterinarian at the Ministry of Agriculture's Balai Besar Perakitan dan Modernisasi Veteriner (veterinary assembly and modernisation centre), said developing such vaccines needs sufficient virus isolate data and identification of their characteristics.
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Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
IPB University's LPA2I brought academics, government and poultry businesses together on Newcastle disease control; according to the ministry speaker, developing homologous vaccines from local isolates would require adequate virus isolate data and identification of their characteristics.
