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APHIS seeks vets and vaccine to fight bird flu

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By Barbara Olejnik

Poultry Times Staff

bolejnik@poultrytimes.com

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — USDA's Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service is hiring 90 veterinarians and seeking proposals for a vaccine against highly pathogenic avian influenza in the latest moves to fight the poultry disease.

Although HPAI has not been detected in the U.S. since June 17, the government agency is seeking to be prepared in case of a new outbreak of the virus.

The outbreak of the disease earlier this year resulted in 223 detections reported and the loss of 48 million birds. The. . .

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