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After 21 Utah-Arizona condors pass away in the middle of ‘ravaging’ bird influenza break out, action provides brand-new hope

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Carolina Raptor Center Hospital Manager Sunny Cooper holds a Black Vulture while veterinarians prepare the vaccine, Huntersville, North Carolina.

Carolina Raptor Center Hospital Manager Sunny Cooper holds a Black Vulture while vets prepare the vaccine, Huntersville, North Carolina. (Carolina Raptor Center, St. George News)

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ST. GEORGE — Earlier this year, the southwest was rocked by the news that 21 members of its Utah-Arizona California condor flock passed away throughout a “destructive” bird influenza break out. But there’s renewed hope with recent vaccine trials.

St. George News initially reported the break out in April, and while say goodbye to cases have actually been reported, possibly due to increasing temperature levels, conservationists stay worried. So, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service started trials for a vaccine developed by Zoetis to inoculate the condors.

Work started on the vaccine in 2014, and it received a conditional license from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2016, Christina Lood informed St. George News. Lood is the senior director of sustainability and development interactions at Zoetis.

The initial vaccine was made in 2001-02 for poultry in Southeast Asia, Lood said, including that they have actually given that contributed it to zoos around the world to immunize lots of bird types.

Read the full article at St. George News.

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