
Why not vaccinate chickens against avian flu, and new form of reproduction found in yellow crazy ants
Science Magazine Podcast
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is spreading to domestic flocks around the globe from migrating birds. Why don't many countries vaccinate their bird herds? Staff news writer John Cohen joins me to discuss the push and pull of economics, politics, and science at play in decisions to vaccinate against bird flu. Researcher Hugo Dares talks about how males of the species are always chimeras, which means their whole body is composed of two different cell lines, one from each parent.
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