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    Any technical people pls. New African Horse Sickness Vaccine patented

    Thanks for posting the link about Equine Research Centre AHS 911, this explains exactly what their entire focus is, who 'funds' and therefore 'controls and manages' them. So really, being 'private' and 'independent' and managed by Racing SA - who are pushing like never before to have SA getting...
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    Any technical people pls. New African Horse Sickness Vaccine patented

    Cuffy this is a great link and explains very well what the current situation is and it also explains that certain people "jumped the gun" in the Press Statements! However this is where the huge question mark comes and I would very much like to see a direct answer from the OIE in this regard -...
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    Any technical people pls. New African Horse Sickness Vaccine patented

    Sacred Horse you have it right, ERC are not 'state owned or funded' as AHS 911 says, they are private, separate and completely independent from OBP and OVI-ARC and starting to do most of the testing. They are funded by Racing SA. Yes ERC, Racing SA and the AHS Trust are tied up tightly together...
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    Any technical people pls. New African Horse Sickness Vaccine patented

    Just to point out a correction needed in info posted by 'Sacred Horse' where she says the following:- "The people manufacturing, controlling and distributing the vaccine all are the same people.Furthermore the same people also have to authorise competing vaccine development.On top of that...
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    Any technical people pls. New African Horse Sickness Vaccine patented

    Our current 'ancient' AHS vaccine in SA is produced by Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP), a state-owned company which is completely separate from our 'DAFF Research Institute - which is Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute - Agricultural Research Council (OVI-ARC). Many years ago they were...
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