France slashed bird flu outbreaks by vaccinating ducks

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France slashed bird flu outbreaks by vaccinating ducks

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A duck getting its flu jab at a French farm in November 2023

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France would have had hundreds of outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu on poultry farms in the past year had it not vaccinated ducks against the ******** for the first time, according to a modelling study. Instead, there were just 10.

“The conclusion is that vaccination made a huge difference,” says

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at the National Veterinary School of Toulouse, France.

While bird flu vaccines for poultry have long been used in some…

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