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Naig says vaccines and biosecurity should be part of strategy as H5N1 persists

3123742 · April 25, 2025
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Secretary Mike Naig said with high-path H5N1 entering a fourth year in some places, the focus should be on research for effective vaccines, deployment strategy, and stronger biosecurity; he cautioned about trade impacts and said vaccination is not a silver bullet.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig told Iowa Press that avian influenza (H5N1) has persisted long enough that vaccination and improved biosecurity should be part of the response, while acknowledging trade implications and limits.

"Here we are going into our fourth year with high path H5N1," Naig said, and added that global…

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