More than 5,000 little penguins will be vaxxed against bird flu. How will this protect them?
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Australia launches program to vaccinate colonies of little penguins against avian influenza
According to ABC News Australia wildlife conservation agencies in the state of Victoria have launched a program to vaccinate little penguins against the H5 strain of avian influenza. Over the next few weeks, experts plan to capture and vaccinate more than 5,000 birds in colonies on Philip Island and St. Kilda.
Vaccinating the wild? Australia to trap and jab 5,000 wild penguins for avian flu
Subhead:Despite admitting the injections won't stop bird flu from circulating, officials in the Australian state of Victoria plan to move forward with catching and inoculating 5,000 flightless little penguins.# Australia has begun trapping and vaccinating thousands of wild, apparently healthy little penguins against H5N1 avian flu in what Victorian officials say is the largest wild-bird vaccination program ever undertaken. Up to 5,000 little p…
Australia To Conduct Largest Wild Bird Vaccination Experiment
Australia to Conduct Largest Wild-Bird Vaccination Experiment Ever Attempted5,000 wild little penguins will be captured, microchipped, and vaccinated twice with an H5N2 bird-flu vaccine developed for chickens.NICOLAS HULSCHER, MPHAUG 17 READ IN APP by Nicolas Hulscher, MPHAustralia is preparing to round up 5,000 wild little penguins, inject each of them twice with an avian-influenza vaccine, implant microchips, and release them...
More than 5,000 little penguins will be vaxxed against bird flu. How will this protect them?
4FR/GettyA major push is underway to catch and vaccinate more than 5,000 little penguins in Victoria to protect them against the virulent H5N1 bird flu. Victorian wildlife officers will carry out vaccinations at little penguin colonies at Phillip Island and St Kilda, in what the state government says is the world’s largest program to target wild birds. One little penguin at Phillip Island has already died of bird flu. Capturing wildlife for vacc…
Since the end of June, the avian influenza epidemic has spread across Australia. The authorities have launched an extensive vaccination campaign, including in the colony of pygmy penguins on Phillip Island. A major challenge, says the Australian press, these wild animals have to be given two doses, even more.
More than 5,000 little penguins will be vaccinated against bird flu - Australian Geographic
A major push is underway to catch and vaccinate more than 5,000 little penguins in Victoria to protect them against the virulent H5N1 bird flu. The post More than 5,000 little penguins will be vaccinated against bird flu appeared first on Australian Geographic.
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