TUESDAY, Feb. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted conditional approval for a new bird flu vaccine for poultry. This new avian flu vaccine, developed by New Jersey-based Zoetis, was approved last week after meeting safety and efficacy standards.

In the past three years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says about 150 million birds died across the country due to the virus. This month, the USDA granted a conditional license to Zoetis for its Avian Influenza Vaccine.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has given a conditional approval to Zoetis to use its bird flu vaccine in poultry, the animal healthcare company said on Friday. Bird flu has infected nearly 70 people in the United States,

The vaccine from Zoetis, Avian Influenza Vaccine, H5N2 Subtype, Killed Virus, is for poultry and has been demonstrated to be safe, pure, and to have a reasonable expectation of efficacy

Zoetis has been granted a conditional license from the USDA for its avian flu vaccine. Since February 2022, more than 150 million birds have been affected in the US, causing egg prices to surge to all-time highs.

In a bid to contain a bird flu outbreak that has sent egg prices soaring, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last week granted a conditional license for a vaccine designed to protect chickens from the virus.