Elephants: Disease Control
Commons · Question 81261 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to assist in the roll out of the T-cell-based approach vaccine to tackle Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 22 Oct 2025
APHA scientists have assisted the consortium, which includes the University of Surrey, and Chester Zoo, to get to this phase 1 study of a novel vaccine to tackle Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus. They will continue to provide expert advice and assist...