Re: Vaccination could mask spread

PammyT wrote:

What would be the reason they would want to kill millions of
chickens?

Its an extremely expensive move.
Cheaper than losing exports. Why didn't they allow vaccination of
cattle against foot and mouth?

Completely different scenario. different disease etiology,
The supermarkets and consumers did not want vaccinated meat - the public
were consulted at length with all sorts of consumer groups etc etc etc but
they would not have it under any circumstances so the supermarkets rejected
the proposal.
It was also the case that all FMD vaccinated beasts have to be slaughtered.
It was not something that was going to save any lives.
It was far far too slow a measure against the rapid spread of the disease
The only vaccine available was not O strain specific
There was no - and I believe still no O strain vaccine - there was a German
company who had been working on one but it never materialised.
If you look at the strategies for vast continents [Argentina, Australia]
they "will" ring fence vaccinate but all vaccinated beasts are culled, the
area over which they ring fence vaccinate is larger than the UK. this
protects tteh stocks and exports from the rest of the continent outwith the
infected / vaccinated areas.
It simply is not appropriate to be applied in this country - we are not of
the scale or geography

There is, so far, no suggestion that the meat of vaccinated chickens will
not go into thte food chain - ditto the eggs as far as I have seen.
You are comparing apples and pears, without having researched the subject.
If Avian Influenza comes into the UK, vaccinations or not, many countries
will ban exports anyway.
Vaccinations are only useful if they control the disease and protect the
stock vaccinated.
The jury is stil out as to whether the vaccine available to us will do those
things
Therefore the decision to vaccinate is not so cut and dried

What will your opinion be if vaccinating the birds in Holland and France for
instance, leads to the disease becoming hidden and ending up endemic to a
greater depth in the EU to the extent that we all have constant outbreaks
and problems for years to come instead of small seasonal occurances confined
to the wild birds which can be pretty well mapped?

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