Black market chicken flu vaccines in Thailand

Here's a warning on bird flu vaccines: in chickens, they work, but at the cost that the virus itself is not controlled.

That is, once a chicken has been vaccinated, that particular chicken is safe from an infection of high pathogenic avian influenza HPAI. But the virus is not killed. If some H5N1 virus gets inside the chicken, it stays there.

It can be spread to both other chickens and people through that chicken's excrement. And if, the chicken dies, the corpses can spread the virus. If somebody eats it without fully cooking it, they're at risk of catching bird flu.

So Thailand has tried to eliminate avian bird flu in its domestic chickens by culling all exposed flocks rather than injecting them with vaccines.

This has the advantage of keeping their eggs and poultry meat available for export.

However, since the recent new infections, small farmers are now taking matters into their own hands and buying black market, smuggled chicken flu vaccines. It's understandable, but a risk for the country as a whole.

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Blackmarket Bird Flu Vaccines
Blackmarket Bird Flu Vaccines