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Gov launches vaccine trial to combat bird flu

Turkeys will be first birds to be vaccinated in new bid to control the disease

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock 鈥� 3 min read
Turkeys in England will be the first to trial a bird flu vaccine
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Turkeys in England will be the first to trial a bird flu vaccine

Vaccine trials for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) are being launched today (March 5) in what Defra is calling a 鈥榤ajor step forward in the fight against the disease'. The research will initially...

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