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K-State researcher lands $2.6 million for African Swine Fever research

By Joe Montgomery, K-State Communications & Marketing A Kansas State University researcher has new support to battle one of the biggest global threats to pigs and swine production, which is a $57-billion-dollar industry in the U.S. The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, or FFAR, recently awarded a $1 million Seeding Solutions Grant to Waithaka Mwangi, immunology professor in the department of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology in K-State’s College of Veterinary Medicine, to support his ongoing work to develop safe and rapidly deployable vaccines to prevent African Swine Fever Virus. Elanco Animal Health, K-State’s Office of the Vice President for Research, Kansas State University Innovation Partners…

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