Bluetongue
Serotype 8 Vaccine
Fort Dodge Animal Health Appointed by Belgian Government to Provide Bluetongue
Serotype 8 Vaccine
Press Release: Amsterdam 31 March 2008
Fort Dodge Animal Health, a
division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), today announced that the Belgian Government
has ordered the Company’s Zulvac® 8 vaccine to protect cattle against Bluetongue
Serotype 8 disease. Bluetongue Serotype 8 was first identified in Belgium
in August 2006.
Fort Dodge is one of two companies appointed by the Belgian Government to
produce Bluetongue Serotype 8 vaccine. Fort Dodge will produce the vaccine
at its manufacturing facility in Weesp, The Netherlands.
Fort Dodge has already been appointed by the Spanish Government to supply
Bluetongue Serotype 8 vaccine, and is in discussions with authorities in
a number of other European countries to supply the vaccine. It is also already
supplying vaccines to protect Spanish and French cattle and sheep against
Bluetongue Serotypes 4 and 1.
In addition to supplying vaccine, Fort Dodge is providing Flectron, Dysect
and Renegade insecticides, which are proven to aid in the control of Culicoides
spp., the vector of the disease.
“The fight to protect cattle and sheep against Bluetongue is one of
the most critical challenges facing the European farming industry today,” says
Marc Snacken, Business Manager Livestock, Fort Dodge Europe, Africa and Middle
East. “We are pleased to be able support the Belgian authorities and
veterinary professionals as they work to bring Bluetongue outbreaks in the
country under control.”
Fort Dodge Animal Health is a division of the Wyeth Corporation, one of the
largest research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare products companies in
the world. The company is a leading manufacturer and marketer of animal health
products for the companion animal, equine, livestock, swine and poultry industries
in North America and international markets. Key products include ProMeris®,
ProMeris Duo®, Duramune®, Fevaxyn®, Duvaxyn®, Suvaxyn®,
Poulvac®, Cydectin® and Equest® and Equest Pramox®.
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