Bird Flu vaccine

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Bird Flu Vaccine By NJ Company Approved For Use

The USDA issued a conditional license for a vaccine designed to protect chickens from the virus.

Posted Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 4:57 pm ET

A New Jersey-based animal health company has gotten conditional approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for an avian influenza vaccine designed to protect chickens from the virus. (Shutterstock)

PARSIPPANY, NJ — A New Jersey company has gotten the green light for a vaccine to protect chickens against the avian flu outbreak that has devastated poultry farms around the country. 

This comes as officials are investigating if several clusters of dead geese in Monmouth County were infected by avian flu — and as egg prices around the state have skyrocketed since last year. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave conditional approval to Parsippany-based Zoetis, an animal health company which has previously developed vaccines for bird flu. The new vaccine targets the H5N2 subtype in chickens, and could be used with commercial poultry flocks, Zoetis said. 

Scientists at Zoetis have been working to update their vaccine since a new strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza was identified in 2022, the company said in a news release. 

“We’ve been working with the administration and with Congress, and we’re very excited today to get the licensure for (the vaccine) in poultry, which we think will be a tool that we will help support the government as they deem necessary,” CEO Kristin Peck told CNBC on Friday. 

Conditional approval is issued for a set period of time to address an emergency condition or a special circumstance, Zoetis explained. The conditional license was granted based on “the demonstration of safety, purity, and reasonable expectation of efficacy,” Zoetis said.

Using the new, injectable vaccine would be up to federal authorities and the poultry industry, the company said in a statement. 

Avian flu's impact on egg prices, wild bird populations

The bird flu outbreak started in the U.S. in January 2022 and has impacted wild and domestic birds in every state. Wild birds, including waterfowl and shorebirds, are considered most at risk for avian influenza.

Dairy cows in 17 states have also reported outbreaks of bird flu since last March. 

Over the past 30 days, 145 flocks across the country have been confirmed to have highly pathogenic avian flu, affecting more than 23.2 million birds, according to the federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. 

The H5N1 strain of bird flu is suspected to have caused localized deaths of multiple wild birds, predominantly snow geese and Canada geese, in parts of New Jersey since the end of December, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection. 

More than 50 dead geese have been reported to local officials in Monmouth County over the past two weeks, though neither instance has been confirmed to be caused by bird flu. 

In the past, officials have culled bird populations to prevent the spread of the disease — but President Trump's administration has hinted they will use new methods to fight bird flu. And, killing millions of chickens per month has caused egg prices to soar, with shortages that have led some New Jersey retailers to restrict sales.

The average price of eggs in the Garden State has gone up 75.7 percent since last year, according to the Grocery Price Index published by Datasembly. The indexincludes pricing data from more than 150,000 stores and 200 retail banners across the U.S. 

Their analysis shows that one dozen large, Grade A eggs cost an average of $3.45 in Feb. 2024, compared to $6.06 per dozen this February. 

Nationally, the average price for a dozen large Grade A eggs is $6.23, compared to $3.84 last February, Datasembly said. That is a year-over-year increase of 62.3 percent. 

If projections from the Agriculture Department prove out, egg prices could increase another 20 percent by the end of 2025. 

“Not to be the bearer of bad news, but we’re in this for a while,” Emily Metz, president and CEO of the American Egg Board, told CNN Business. “Until we have time without a detection, unfortunately, this very, very tight egg supply is going to continue.”

Since 2024, there have been 68 confirmed human cases of H5 bird flu in the United States and one death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The majority of human cases were exposed to the virus through cattle, CDC data shows.

 

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[archer36]

Has RFK, Jr approved it. 

[Tuck]

After what just happened anyone who trusts any government body with any vaccine is crazy.  Just more propaganda….

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[3Blade]

Maybe they should mandate masks too

[mike033089]

I did a google search about this earlier.  Came across an article from 2005 saying how the vaccine would make the virus worse and not good for human consumption.   Granted 20+ years ago and things change but make up your mind lol.   The bird flu yes it’s real but a lot of it has to do with the conditions the birds are kept it. Disease can spread like crazy. No different than how it’s in snow geese. Large amounts of birds in one area on top of each other.  No need to kill every bird on. Property if it’s not even in the same warehouse. Maybe better procedures need to be in place at these farms. Workers only stay in one warehouse, biohazard containment, etc. 

[Recurve hntr]

18 minutes ago, 3Blade said:

Maybe they should mandate masks too

Lmao