CHINA APPROVES VETERINARY BIRD FLU VACCINE
October 1st, 2014
CHINA has approved a newly developed inactivated vaccine for poultry against a strain of the H7N9 avian influenza - PR8. Developed by the National Reference Laboratory Avian Influenza, at Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, in north-eastern China, the veterinary vaccine is now reserved as “technology for emergencies,” China’s ministry of agriculture, said in a communiqué.The ministry added the vaccine shows great efficacy and safety in tests, and can completely prevent viral replication. “Inoculation can be immediately conducted if needed to prevent ...
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