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Vaccine trial shows promise for saving California condors from bird flu
2025-04-29 01:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D.Apr 17 2025In a high-stakes trial prompted by a deadly outbreak, researchers tested a poultry flu vaccine in condors and found promising immune responses, offering a new lifeline for one of North Americas rarest birds.Image Credit:Amy Osier/ ShutterstockA team of US-based researchers recently tested the safety and efficacy of a licensed avian influenza vaccine in protecting California condors, a critically endangered bird species, against the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. They published the study findings in Emerging Infectious Diseases, an official Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) journal.BackgroundSince 2020, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus, specifically influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b, has caused a panzootic (similar to a pandemic in humans) in poultry and wild birds and a subsequent spillover into wild mammals.Birds can readily contract avian influenza virus infection with or without exhibiting clinic...
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