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Chicken disease found almost a century ago could be key to controlling COVID-19 outbreaks, expert says
The poultry industry has a lot to teach the world about the future of coronavirus infection control, according to a University of Melbourne academic.
Key points:
- The first coronavirus ever detected, infectious bronchitis virus, was found in chickens in the 1930s
- Infectious bronchitis virus is present in most countries and spreads between chickens very quickly, infecting entire bird flocks in as little as 24 hours
- Professor Hadjinoormohammadi says the mutating nature of IBV often requires new vaccines to protect the birds
Professor Amir Hadjinoormohammadi works in avian medicine in the Asia Pacific Centre for Animal Health.
He said infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) found in chickens had many similarities to COVID-19.
“The learnings that we…
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