Dr. Jishu Shi was featured in a television news story that aired on KSNT on December 17th as one of three professors that was awarded a grant at the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine. He’s getting more than $600,000 to try and find a vaccine for African Swine Fever. To learn more about Dr. Jishu Shi and this award, please watch the KSNT television news story here or read about it on the KSNT website here.
An excerpt from K-State News & Communications Services:
"Jishu Shi, professor of vaccine immunology and director ofU.S.-China Center for Animal Health in the university’s College of Veterinary Medicine, has developed a method of producing a classical swine fever vaccine safely and inexpensively. The disease can cause devastating epidemics among pigs if left unchecked."
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Jishu Shi made a guest appearance on The Morning Show at Wisconsin Public Radio to discuss the World Health Organization's new, stricter guidelines on antibiotic use and how it will impact China's agriculture. Listen below for the full radio interview. For more information on this story, click here.