21.05.2007

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has purchased10 million doses of an avian influenza vaccine for poultry.
5M doses of H5N3 and 5M doses of H7N3 avian influenza vaccine as a hedge against a possible outbreak of H5N1 or another highly pathogenic strain in domestic flocks.
The vaccine is being purchased for US$468,300 from Fort Dodge Laboratories Inc. in Fort Dodge, Iowa and will be added to the 400,000 doses of an H5 vaccine the agency bought last year.