Australia helps develop world-first vaccine against devastating virus

Australia helps develop world-first vaccine against devastating virus

An outbreak of the highly infectious livestock disease would devastate exports and wipe $80 billion from the economy.

NSW Government delivers world-first foot and mouth vaccine to protect livestock industries & food supply: Moriarty I Australian Rural & Regional News

The Hon. Tara Moriarty, Minister for Agriculture, Regional and Western NSW, Media Release, 4 August 2025 In a world-first, the Minns Labor Government and international biotechnology leader, Tiba BioTech, have developed a breakthrough foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine that is fast to produce and will see Australia become one of the few nations with the capacity to produce its own vaccine. L-R Andrew McKenzie Meat Livestick Australia, Peter Kir…

FMD Vaccine Breakthrough - southburnett.com.au

An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease would devastate the Australian cattle industry (Photo: ALL)August4, 2025 A world-first vaccine to protect livestock from foot-and-mouth disease has been trialled and is now undergoing its final evaluations. The $20 million, five-year research project involved Meat & Livestock Australia, Tiba Biotech and the NSW Government with input from the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, the German Frie…

World-first: mRNA vaccine for FMD in cattle and sheep now on the doorstep

An Australian research partnership has delivered a breakthrough in foot and mouth vaccines for livestock. It was a $20m, five year project. Here's how it works.