NOTICE: CVB Notice 16-02 Availability of Avian Influenza Isolate and Sequence Information

The Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) recently added CVB Notice 16-02 Availability of Avian Influenza Isolate and Sequence Information to its website which may be accessed by clicking the following link: CVB Newly Published Information.

The purpose of this notice is to furnish interested parties with the genetic sequences from the H7N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus and low pathogenic (LPAI) viruses isolated from turkeys in Indiana on January 15, 2016. This notice also informs interested parties that the HPAI isolate will be available for purchase from the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) by mid-February 2016.

Note that the HPAI isolate must be transferred in compliance with the Select Agent Regulations. No Material Transfer Agreement will be required. This isolate is not a pre-tested Master Seed; it is being made available for research and development. The availability of this isolate does not infer any impending change in vaccination policy.

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