Objective
To develop alternative vaccines for avian Influenza.Background
Details of this research program are being withheld until a patent application is filed.Application
This research is part of an overall program to better understand the biology of avian influenza with the long-term goal of developing rational control strategies in domestic poultry.Funding
$310,400 ($140,400 AAFC*, $80,000 ALMA, $15,000 SCIDF, $75,000 SAF)
*This research was part of the 2010-2013 Poultry Science Cluster which was supported by AAFC as part of Growing Forward, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative.