KPP said the company was required to conduct many trials at BAI and in “large farms sponsored by well-known and reputable farms managed by leading companies in the Philippines.”
It said AVAC tested the vaccines in over 500 farms in Vietnam “with a result of 95% rate of successfully providing immunity from ASF.” KPP also alleged that the detractors of the ASF vaccine range from “competing products, those not allowed to conduct trials by the government because of deficiencies, those who want to stop the vaccine because of conflicted interests…and those that are simply ignorant of the science behind live vaccines.”
“Breeder pigs are not recommended to be injected with the vaccine because the breeders are sensitive especially when pregnant and may easily get sick and/or reduce the number of piglets born,” KPP said.