In early 2024, a team of researchers in South Dakota State University's Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory was the first to identify a fast-spreading respiratory viral outbreak affecting turkeys and chickens in major poultry-producing regions of the United States.
Researchers develop vaccine for destructive poultry virus
After two years of work, researchers from South Dakota State University have developed vaccine candidates for avian metapenumovirus, a severe respiratory virus that has caused significant economic losses to the U.S. poultry industry.
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