vaccines

Newcastle disease can cause death in susceptible chickens within 3-4 days, resulting in mortality rates of 55-100%. Photo: Marcel Rob Fotografie
15-11-2024 | News

Addressing evolving velogenic Newcastle disease virus strains

CSL Seqirus’ head of global influenza scientific policy, Dr Beverley Taylor, said eggs are very good incubators to grow some viruses. Photo: CSL Seqirus
16-06-2023 | News

Farming Pharma – 100 million eggs yearly for flu vaccines

The USDA is testing 2 vaccines developed by its Agricultural Research Service, 1 each from Zoetis and another from Merck Animal Health. Photo: Spencer Davis
26-04-2023 | News

Bird flu vaccine testing starts in the US

The pre-order, which is to be confirmed if the final test results are positive, is aimed at vaccinating ducks. Photo: Koos Groenewold
14-04-2023 | News

France first in EU to order avian influenza vaccines

A new veterinary regulation is anticipated to come into force under which all imported poultry vaccine strains must be stored in Russian scientific institutions. Photo: gpointstudio
16-12-2022 | News

Russian farmers advised to move away from imported veterinary vaccines and drugs

IBDV is among the top 5 infectious diseases facing chickens and poses a continuous global threat through economic losses and welfare concerns. Photo: Roel Dijkstra
14-07-2020 | News

High mortality rates in IBDV explained