LUMPY SKIN DISEASE

The current lumpy skin disease vaccine was developed in South Africa from the so-called Neethling strain, to deal with this devastating cattle disease. This safe and effective vaccine is used to prevent this insect-borne disease which has the potential to destroy the countries dairy and hide industries. In the last 3 years the demand for the vaccine has trebled to cope with control of the disease in neighbouring countries.

RIFT VALLEY FEVER

Rift valley fever is a virus disease which causes massive losses of stock due to abortions and deaths in newborn animals, resulting in serious illness. OBP is the only vaccine producer in the world which produces RVF vaccines on a commercial scale. The vaccines have been used to protect stock in South Africa since the last outbreak in the 1970's. It has also been exported widely to help fight recent outbreaks in the Middle East.

BLUE TONGUE

Bluetongue vaccine was developed by South African scientists in the 1940's to deal with the 15 different virus serotypes which are prevalent in the country. At present OBP is the only producer worldwide of commercial bluetongue vaccine, which is manufactured both for domestic use and export to European countries where the disease is currently causing concern.

AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS

South Africa now has a thriving horse industry thanks to the development of a vaccine by South African scientists. This vaccine produced by OBP is used to protect horses against many strains of AHS both in South Africa and in other countries, such as Spain, where the introduction of infected zebra caused a severe outbreak. This outbreak was effectively brought under control with widespread use of the vaccine.