The United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (APHIS) today announced they approved the emergency use of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) vaccine candidate to prevent additional deaths of California Condors.
This vaccine clinical trial will be carried out with the surrogate vultures in North Carolina beginning in May 2023.
As of May 12, 2023, twenty-one Condors have died related to HPAI infections in 2023.
In April 2023, the USDA's Agricultural Research Service began testing several candidate vaccines.
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