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IIUM To Produce Halal Vaccines For Livestock Industry
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 (Bernama) -- The International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) plans to develop halal vaccines for use by the country's breeding industry with the collaboration of Alnaam Vaccine Sdn Bhd.
IIUM rector Prof Datuk Dr Syed Arabi Idid said halal vaccines were hard to find in the world market as those produced overseas were not necessarily halal.
He told Bernama this after signing a memorandum of understanding with Alnaam Vaccine executive chairman Datuk Raja Azwanee Ariff on the cooperation.
So far, only two local companies conduct research on halal vaccines, namely the Malaysian Vaccine & Pharmaceutical (MVP) under the Agriculture and Agro-based Industries, and Alnaam Vaccine.
Bernama was told that MVP could only meet five per cent of the need for vaccines in the country's livestock breeding industry.
IIUM Halal Industry Research Centre coordinator Dr Hamzah Mohd Salleh said so far, four vaccines for the industry had been produced under the cooperation with Alnaam Vaccine.
He said that presently, both parties were developing a kit that could be used to detect the bird flu virus in domestic animals within 24 hours after they had been infected.
"The research is nearly 80 per cent complete," he said.
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=news width="50%">December 04, 2006 17:51 PM </TD><TD align=right width="50%">http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v...Produce Halal Vaccines For Livestock Industry http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/printable.php?id=234209 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
IIUM To Produce Halal Vaccines For Livestock Industry
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 (Bernama) -- The International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) plans to develop halal vaccines for use by the country's breeding industry with the collaboration of Alnaam Vaccine Sdn Bhd.
IIUM rector Prof Datuk Dr Syed Arabi Idid said halal vaccines were hard to find in the world market as those produced overseas were not necessarily halal.
He told Bernama this after signing a memorandum of understanding with Alnaam Vaccine executive chairman Datuk Raja Azwanee Ariff on the cooperation.
So far, only two local companies conduct research on halal vaccines, namely the Malaysian Vaccine & Pharmaceutical (MVP) under the Agriculture and Agro-based Industries, and Alnaam Vaccine.
Bernama was told that MVP could only meet five per cent of the need for vaccines in the country's livestock breeding industry.
IIUM Halal Industry Research Centre coordinator Dr Hamzah Mohd Salleh said so far, four vaccines for the industry had been produced under the cooperation with Alnaam Vaccine.
He said that presently, both parties were developing a kit that could be used to detect the bird flu virus in domestic animals within 24 hours after they had been infected.
"The research is nearly 80 per cent complete," he said.
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