Australia Develops World-First Foot and Mouth Vaccine to Protect Livestock

Australia develops world-first foot and mouth vaccine to protect livestock

A team of scientists in New South Wales has developed the world’s first mRNA vaccine designed to protect livestocks from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a highly contagious viral illness that poses a major threat to livestock. This FMD vaccine is an…

Australia develops the world's first foot and mouth vaccine to protect livestock

A team of scientists in New South Wales has developed the world's first mRNA vaccine designed to protect livestock from foot-and-mouth disease. Read full story

New vaccine to fight foot and mouth disease

Western Sydney scientists have developed a world-first vaccine that protects cows and other animals from foot and mouth disease.

Foot-and-mouth disease would devastate Australia’s graziers if it got in. Here’s how a new vaccine might help

Eric Buermeyer/ShutterstockIt sounds innocuous. But foot-and-mouth disease is one of the world’s most economically devastating diseases affecting livestock. When this highly contagious virus infects cattle, many develop painful blisters. Some die, but the real damage is longer term. Milk yields drop sharply for dairy cows and overall health takes a hit. While the disease can infect other cloven-hoofed animals such as sheep, cows are the worst hi…

Australian researchers pioneer world-first FMD vaccine

Biodegradable vaccine uses mRNA to induce an immune response, rather than an actual virus.

$20 million research partnerships see Australia pioneer world-first FMD vaccine: MLA I Australian Rural & Regional News

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), Media Release, 4 August 2025 A world-first biodegradable vaccine to protect livestock from foot and mouth disease (FMD) has been developed through a $20 million, five-year research partnership between Meat & Livestock Australia, Tiba Biotech, and the NSW Government. Meat & Livestock Australia Managing Director, Michael Crowley. Photo: MLA While Australia remains FMD free, modelling from Australian Bureau of Agri…