Russia has ordered a batch of one of its most widely used dog vaccines destroyed after finding a live virus in some of its samples, confirming a link to deaths reported across the country since August.
Russia's veterinary and agricultural inspection agency Rosselkhoznadzor said batch 20 of the Multican-8 vaccine, produced by Moscow-based Vetbiokhim, contained a live Aujeszky's disease virus — a usually fatal illness affecting dogs with no specific treatment.
