date:Jun 17, 2015
vaccination of broilers should the disease spread to the Southeast. The problem with that is that vaccination results in birds that will test positive for HPAI and the presence of positive birds will likely block exports even if the virus itself is no longer circulating in the population. Logically, the industry is pushing back on vaccination. While culling infected flocks is expensive, a lengthy block of exports from Georgia and Alabama, the number 1 and 2 broiler states, would be devastating