Field evidence of the efficacy of vaccination to control low pathogenicity avian influenza in meat turkeys.
This paper analyzes the efficacy of vaccination to control low pathogenicity avian influenza outbreaks using information collected during four epidemics occurring in Italy between 2000 and 2005. Different vaccination strategies and protocols for meat-turkey immunization are also considered.
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Viale dell'Università 10, 35020 Legnaro (Padua), Italy. luca.busani@iss.it
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Comin
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Dalla Pozza
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Ortali
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Marangon
D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008460:Meat; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014422:Turkeys; D014611:Vaccination
D007252:Influenza Vaccines