Avian Influenza
Bird flu study highlights the need to vaccinate flocks effectively
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, September 12th, 2006
Incomplete vaccination of poultry flocks could make the spread of deadly strains of avian flu such as H5N1 worse, scientists at the Universities of Edinburgh and Warwick have found. The research shows that even though the available vaccines are effective on individual birds, the disease is likely to spread unless almost all of a flock has been protected. The study, published in Nature Journal, is the first to quantify how incomplete vaccination of flocks can contribute to the undetected spread of the disease.
Vaccination of commercial poultry against highly pathogenic avian flu like H5N1 is proving controversial because it is thought that it can lead to unseen...
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