AI: A mutating threat needs an evolving approach

The entire poultry industry must be ready should avian influenza H5N1 result in the next global pandemic.

Nicolò Cinotti

September 5, 2024

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Some 20 years have passed since avian influenza (AI) H5N1 first became a major concern. It remains the single biggest risk to the poultry sector, and yet our attitude to it has stagnated to the point of it being one of those things we just have to live with.

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