New Delhi: Anocovax, India’s first covid -19 vaccine for animals, developed by ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines(NRC), launched by Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. India’s homegrown vaccine can protect animals from Delta and Omicron variants.
Anocovax is safe for animals including dogs, lions, leopards, mice as well as rabbits. Ministry of Agriculture has also introduced diagnostic kits(antibody detection kit) for animals.
Narendra Singh Tomar appreciated the big contribution of scientists for the great achievement, soon after the virtual launch of Anocovax and diagnostic kits.
Tomar also launched the Equine DNA parentage testing kit, useful for parentage analysis among horses.
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