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UP and CSIR study reveals plant vaccines could save poultry industry

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De Bruin, Louise

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The University of Pretoria (UP) has joined forces with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to successfully develop a vaccine against avian influenza using tobacco plants, bypassing the many biosafety risks involved with using traditional live vaccine viruses.

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Originally published as HTML file, converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Version 9.0.0.
News articles with colour photos about what's happening at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria.

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Faculty of Veterinary Science, News media coverage of, Avian influenza, Poultry -- Diseases, Plant vaccines

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