1. to adapt or convert (a virus, pathogen, or other agent) to grow in or affect birds; to make avian in character or host specificity
Usage: technical; virology and microbiology; third-person singular present tense of 'avianize'

Examples

• The laboratory avianizes the influenza strain by serially passaging it through chicken embryos.
• Researchers avianizes pathogens to study their adaptation to avian hosts.
• The virus avianizes more readily in certain bird species than in others.
• Scientists avianizes the bacterial culture to test its virulence in poultry.
• The process avianizes the pathogen, making it suitable for vaccine development studies in birds.