Diseases

TVG is using recombinant viral vector technology to develop new vaccines and biotherapeutics for livestock and companion animals.

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Bovine respiratory syncytial virus

Bovine respiratory syncytial virus is the leading cause of respiratory disease in young calves, and can also infect sheep and goats
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Streptococcus suis

Streptococcus suis (S. suis) is a major bacterial pathogen that causes serious diseases in pigs, and is also an emerging zoonotic human pathogen.
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Lumpy skin disease

LSDV causes lumpy skin disease in cattle and buffalo, it is transmitted by blood-feeding insects.
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African swine fever (ASF)

African swine fever virus (ASFV) causes severe disease in domestic pigs and wild boar with mortality rates as high as 100%.
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Porcine circovirus

Porcine circoviruses have been associated with multiple disease conditions including postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome and reproductive disorders like late-term abortions and stillbirths
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Porcine cysticercosis

Porcine cysticercosis (PC) is caused by infection with the pork tapeworm cysts
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Ovine enzootic abortion

OEA is a leading cause of lamb mortality globally and the most common infectious cause of abortion in sheep and goats in the UK
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Canine leishmaniasis

Canine leishmania (CanL) infections are predominantly due to Leishmania infantum, which are transmitted by a particular group of sand flies.
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