UW-Madison Professor Creating Vaccine to Protect Birds from Avian Influenza

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022 -- 2:00 PM

(Bob Hague, WRN) A UW-Madison professor is creating a vaccine to protect birds from avian influenza.

Adel Talaat, a professor of microbiology in the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, is using genetic sequencing data from a number of different avian influenza strains to develop the vaccine, according to a release from UW-Madison.

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza was identified earlier this month in Jefferson County. That facility is now quarantined.

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