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Ancovax vaccine for animals

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  • Published
    13th Jun, 2022

Context

The Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare  unveiled India’s first Covid-19  the vaccine, called Ancovax, for animals. 

About Ancovax 

  • Ancovax vaccine developed by the Hisar-based National Research Centre on Equines, the vaccine, called Ancovax, can protect animals against the Delta and Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2.
  • This is the first Covid-19 vaccine for animals developed in India.
  • It can be used in dogs, lions, leopards, mice, and rabbits. 
  • It is an inactivated vaccine developed using an infectious part of the Delta variant. In addition, it uses Alhydrogel as an adjuvant to boost the immune response.
    • This is the first Covid-19 vaccine for animals developed in India. 
    • There were reports from Russia last year that that country, too, had developed a vaccine against animals such as dogs, cats, minks, and foxes.
  • It can protect animals against the Delta and Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2.
  • The aim of the vaccine is to protect endangered animals such as lions and tigers.
  • There were reports from Russia last year that that country, too, had developed a vaccine against animals such as dogs, cats, minks, and foxes.

Significance 

  • There have been reports of Covid-19 infection in several animals, including dogs and cats. 
  • The vaccine can protect animals in the zoo.
  • The animals develop similar symptoms to humans – cough, cold, fever, and lung lesions.
  • It can also prevent transmission from companion animals to humans.
  • The aim of the vaccine is to protect endangered animals.

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