H5N1 has killed or infected 7.2 million birds across the country since Dec. 20, 2021, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
Yan Zhou, a senior research scientist and molecular biologist with the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan, has researched influenza for 20 years.
Health Canada has not reported any domestically acquired human cases of avian flu. However, it noted in a statement to CBC News that the federal government "has agreements with several manufacturers to secure priority access and reserve production capacity if needed to rapidly manufacture and deliver large numbers of vaccine doses to help protect people.
"Viruses mutate quite rapidly and — even though I don't see the current H5N1 as a human health threat — we know that it can cross over and infect people," she said. Kelvin said her research team is currently building vaccine targets and incorporating previous technologies to develop the most "cutting edge" vaccines."We want to dissect the genes or proteins that are responsible for the virus that can acquire the transmissibility between humans or mammals. After we find those characteristics, we may find a target to prevent the spillover," she said.
Last fall, he had to cull his flock of around 17,000 turkeys at his farm near Cudworth, Sask., roughly 90 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon.
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