The "silkworm protein production" model has been responsible for significant advances in the development of swine-fever vaccines. The AHRI's Huang Chin-cheng says that it is easier to get results in the production of animal vaccines than in the more complicated, more exacting production of proteins for medical use in humans.
利用家蠶生產基因蛋白的模式，目前在豬瘟疫苗的研發上已有顯著成效。負責疫苗開發的農委會家畜衛生試驗所組長黃金城指出，相較於生產人類醫療用蛋白的複雜度、嚴謹度，生產動物性疫苗是最容易看到績效的一種方式。