{"id":11591,"date":"2026-03-04T19:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T01:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=11591"},"modified":"2026-03-04T19:48:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T01:48:31","slug":"new-avian-influenza-vaccine-trials-begin-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2026\/03\/04\/new-avian-influenza-vaccine-trials-begin-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"New avian influenza vaccine trials begin in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/new-avian-influenza-vaccine-trials-begin-in-uk\">Gov.UK<\/a> New targeted trial in turkeys will test vaccine efficacy as part of fight\u202fto protect wild and captive birds. Highly pathogenic&nbsp;avian influenza (HPAI)&nbsp;vaccine trials&nbsp;have started today&nbsp;(Thursday 5 March) in a major step forward in the fight against the disease.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New trials will&nbsp;explore the&nbsp;potential for&nbsp;the latest&nbsp;vaccines to&nbsp;protect&nbsp;birds, focusing on turkeys only in England,&nbsp;providing&nbsp;valuable insight into&nbsp;how well&nbsp;vaccines work&nbsp;in the field,&nbsp;how surveillance can be managed&nbsp;to&nbsp;retain&nbsp;trade&nbsp;and how&nbsp;vaccines&nbsp;can&nbsp;help manage the disease.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scale of avian influenza outbreaks in the UK and Europe within the last few years has been unprecedented, causing devastation for bird keepers on the frontline and the poultry sector. Annual outbreaks\u00a0cost\u202fthe UK\u202fGovernment and industry up to\u00a0\u00a3174m each year. The disease\u00a0has significantly\u00a0impacted\u00a0both captive and wild birds globally since 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/new-avian-influenza-vaccine-trials-begin-in-uk\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov.UK New targeted trial in turkeys will test vaccine efficacy as part of fight\u202fto protect wild and captive birds. Highly pathogenic&nbsp;avian influenza (HPAI)&nbsp;vaccine trials&nbsp;have started today&nbsp;(Thursday 5 March) in a major step forward in the fight against the disease.&nbsp; New trials will&nbsp;explore the&nbsp;potential for&nbsp;the latest&nbsp;vaccines to&nbsp;protect&nbsp;birds, focusing on turkeys only in England,&nbsp;providing&nbsp;valuable insight into&nbsp;how well&nbsp;vaccines [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-avian-influenza"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11592,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11591\/revisions\/11592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}