NOTICE: CVB Notice 18-05 Detection of Senecavirus A in Veterinary Biological Products
May 18, 2018 —
The Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) recently added CVB Notice 18-05 Detection of Senecavirus A (SVA) in Veterinary Biological Products to its website. [Source: USDA APHIS CVB, May 17, 2018]
The purpose of this notice is to inform interested parties that the Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) is aware that certain veterinary biological products may contain a contaminating virus not easily detected by current routine test methods and to describe actions to address this issue. The CVB is now testing all Master Seeds and Master Cell Stocks that have been produced using ingredients derived from swine for the presence of SVA.
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