Possible H5N1 Vaccine For Chickens

Scientists think they mave have found the right formula for a vaccine for chickens. Let's hope they are right.

(Reuters) - A bird flu vaccine piggybacked onto a widely used vaccine against another bird virus could be a quick and easy way to protect poultry against the H5N1 avian influenza virus, researchers said on Monday.

Two separate teams of researchers came up with a combination that is easy to make, protects chickens well and could be sprayed onto flocks.

Plus the vaccines are formulated in a way that answers the concerns that a bird flu virus could actually mask an outbreak, or could make trade in poultry products from vaccinated flocks more difficult, the researchers wrote in reports published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.