Using inactivated vaccines to control low pathogenic AI

Good quality H9N2 inactivated vaccines, when applied widely within a country or region, may significantly reduce the number of outbreaks and limit economic losses to the poultry industry caused by avian influenza. By Dr Beny Perelman, Abic Veterinary Company, Israel In the last decade the threat of a world pandemia caused by the H5N1 influenza virus has become a global issue. Enormous economic losses have resulted from H5 and the H7 influenza viruses in different areas around the world, with hu