A view and overview on the control of avian influenza outbreaks in poultry: (3-6) The use of antiviral chemotherapy
Published: August 13, 2014
Summary
In previous articles we overviewed culling of infected birds and vaccination as common intervention strategy against avian influenza in poultry.
Introduction
A virus is “a piece of bad news wrapped in a protein coat ”. This description was described by Sir Peter Medawar (1915-1987), Noble Prize 1960, summarizing the structure of a virus as genome encode...
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21 de septiembre de 2014
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/avian_influenza/en/ .
will be good to read for its over all affects ..
yes being as vet it is our duty to treat the birds but in outbreaks culling of the affected Flocks will be ultimate solution ... A good bio security program followed by good vaccination program from DOC till the production end will help to combat the disease challenges .
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30 de mayo de 2017
Please, vets. How can you deal with emergency with duck flock affected with high virulent h5n2?
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