New Vaccine Saves Poultry from Deadly Disease

Researchers at the USDA Agricultural Research Service have developed a vaccine that reduces the mortality and severity of a common poultry disease. Newcastle disease attacks the respiratory, gastrointestinal or nervous system of chickens and in its severest form can destroy millions of birds. The vaccine, which uses reverse genetics technology, not only reduces the severity of symptoms caused by Newcastle disease, but also decreases the spread of virus. Read more.