Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL) has launched goat pox vaccine-Raksha Goat Pox, which is expected to help control the disease.
- IIL’s Raksha goat pox vaccine is a live attenuated vaccine I.P. (Uttarkashi strain) grown on Vero Cell Culture.
- The primary vaccination is to be done at 3 months of age and revaccination annually with a dose rate of 1 ml, to be administered subcutaneously.
- Sheeppox, goatpox, and lumpy skin disease (Neethling) are capripoxvirus infections of sheep, goats, and cattle, respectively, and are easily recognizable by their characteristic clinical signs.
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