Overcoming hurdles for AI vaccination

The poultry industry must take into serious consideration that avian influenza outbreaks may become the new reality instead of a sporadic incident. In order to be able to vaccinate birds, technical, practical and political barriers must be lowered. It is now summer in Europe; the weather is sunny and (fairly) warm – not the type of weather that suits avian influenza (AI) viruses. The coming months will reveal whether or not this is sufficient to make the virus die out completely. This was the