US will test first avian flu shot on poultry in years to counter record outbreak
US Will Test First Avian Flu Shot On Poultry In Years To Counter Record Outbreak
The Department of Agriculture is involved in developing an updated shot and hopes to start trialing it soon, though it has not offered a timeline. The actual testing process, one it begins, would take at least three months.
While animal vaccines can take years to be licensed parts of the process can be accelerated in emergency cases.
Concerns about the avian flu strain currently circulating have risen in recent weeks after it became evident that it spread from birds to several mammals, including otters and foxes.
The World Health Organization warned this week that the world must prepare for a potential human bird flu pandemic, saying the jump from birds to mammals put us one step closer to human transmission.
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