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2025-03-02 Science & Technology

Feds Considering Vaccination for Chickens to control avian flu

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Posted by Lord Garth 2025-03-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

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Will Pfizer provide a suddenly developed mRNA vax?

Or, did another company do it the old fashion SAFE way of collecting chickens that actually survived their infections and developed natural immunity, as the source for a vax?

Given all the recent issues with meat food sources, a person with a Tin Hat on might think Vegans were behind it?

Posted by NN2N1 2025-03-02 04:21|| 2025-03-02 04:21|| Front Page Top

#2 The US Department of Agriculture last week issued a conditional license for an avian flu vaccine for use in chickens.

Zoetis, the manufacturer behind the vaccine, announced the conditional approval Friday, saying in a news release its scientists had begun updating its existing avian flu vaccine in 2022.
Feb 16 2025 CNN

Posted by Bobby 2025-03-02 08:35|| 2025-03-02 08:35|| Front Page Top

#3 well, chicken's off the menu...

Posted by Mercutio 2025-03-02 09:30|| 2025-03-02 09:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Kennedy needs to get to work.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-03-02 10:27|| 2025-03-02 10:27|| Front Page Top

#5 To stop the virus from spreading, the USDA has long promoted culling infected birds.

If you deliberately murder the chickens, then they do not die of influenza. Public health mission accomplished!

I can see how culling might stop the spread if you have a large number of small chicken farms, but with fewer and larger farms, you end up with a dearth of chickens. I wonder if the recent laws on cage-free eggs have exacerbated the problem.

Perhaps modern biotechnology can find a way to grow eggs without going through the chicken phase.

Posted by SteveS 2025-03-02 11:17|| 2025-03-02 11:17|| Front Page Top

#6 "well, chicken's off the menu..." beef!

Posted by 746 2025-03-02 13:06|| 2025-03-02 13:06|| Front Page Top

#7 ^2 and others

as Bobby pointed out, the company that makes the chicken flu vaccine is Zeotis ZTS (on the NYSE)

it is a well established company that makes medicine, diagnostics, vaccines, medical equipment and so forth with almost $10 B in annual sales.

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-03-02 17:13|| 2025-03-02 17:13|| Front Page Top

#8 I have back yard egg layers and seasonal meat chickens. No way in hell do they get a vax.

Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2025-03-02 17:41|| 2025-03-02 17:41|| Front Page Top

#9
We get eggs from my son's hens but I think we all need to cut the Trump cabinet a little slack, they've got a whole lot to clean up and they've only been at it for a couple of weeks, it takes me that long to clean the garage.

Posted by alanc 2025-03-02 17:52|| 2025-03-02 17:52|| Front Page Top

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