Is the end in sight for avian influenza in the poultry industry?

摘要

Research in the UK could be the first step in ending the high costs suffered by the poultry industry as a result of bird flu. Avian influenza could be stopped in its tracks by a new technique from researchers at the UK universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh. The scientists have successfully developed genetically modified (transgenic) chickens that cannot transmit avian influenza virus to other birds. Although only at the research stage, this breakthrough has potential to totally stop bird flu outbreaks spreading within poultry flocks.