To vaccinate or not to vaccinate

Karen_H · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:30 am

Hi All

Thanks for the advice - I was talking to a couple of the guys at my local poultry club on the weekend and the club orders the vaccines in bulk and organises a time that suits everyone. Seeing as I have just joined my local club I am finding out heaps of great information! All of them are so friendly and helpful! I am feeling much more confident about this topic now

My advice to a newbie, join your local club [smilie=a_cookiemonster.gif]

Cheers

PekinLady · **Joined:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:54 am **Posts:** 1

I have always vaccinated all my pekins and always will. I know of people that say they don't because they let only the strong survive and they hide behind a term called "breeding for resistance" which is a load of rubbish they are just too lazy and don't care enough about their fowl to treat them and I think they should not have any fowls at all. There is a disgusting old woman from north queensland that comes to mind I won't name her but the rspca has visited her for sick fowl and disgusting conditions.

LOOLOO · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:50 am

I love your passion and I agree with you 100 percent true poultry lovers will look after their fowl properly and not let them suffer

LooLoo

StuR · **Joined:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:46 am **Posts:** 1

So is it only the mareks disease the vaccine works on

Lady Jane · **Joined:** Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:24 pm **Posts:** 27

PekinLady - what do you vaccinate against? Just Mareks? When you buy commercial chicks that are vaccinated, does anyone know what they are vaccinated against? I wish you could buy vaccines for chickens in packs of 10. There could be quite a market out there. Karen_H - what vaccine does your poultry club get in? It would be great to be able to vaccinate backyard flocks against fowl pox, mycoplasma and coryza as well as mareks.

LJ.

Lady Jane · **Joined:** Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:24 pm **Posts:** 27

I have found myself a bit caught out with the 'vaccination' status of purchased chickens. Sellers say their birds are vaccinated.... but some only do for Mareks and others do for a range of diseases. I didn't think to ask what they were vaccinated for. Does anyone know of any place/person who sells chickens in the Brisbane/Toowoomba region (or even better - in the Brisbane Valley area) who sells chickens that are fully vaccinated - ie. fowl pox, mareks, Myco, Coryza, etc. If you have a suspected respiratory disease in your flock like mycoplasma, does bringing in a bird that is vaccinated ensure they won't get it?

LJ.

WyandHens · **Joined:** Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:50 am **Posts:** 3

Vaccination is NO guarantee, that I know first hand from many years ago. Most only vaccinate for Mareks and Fowlpox and many call this 'fully vaccinated' not sure I agree with that and no you cannot vaccinate for respiratory diseases sorry

Brumbies · **Joined:** Sat Jul 14, 2012 12:27 pm **Posts:** 1

What else should chooks be vaccinated for apart from the fowlpox and mareks

Lady Jane · **Joined:** Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:24 pm **Posts:** 27

I definately know there is a vaccine made by Intervet for Infectious Bronchitis and there is one for infectious laryngotracheitis. But reading Weston's previous post in this thread there is a link to an advertisment for someone in Sydney who is offering a vaccination service and they claim to use vaccines for:

"I vaccinate for:

Mareks Disease (MD)
Fowl Pox (FP)
Infectious Bronchitis (IB)
Infectious Laryngotracheitis(ILT)
Infectious Coryza (IC)
Avian Encephalomyelitis (AE)
Chronic Respiratory Disease - Mycoplasma gallisepticum (CRD) "

So now I am confused.... can you vaccinate for Infectious Coryza and Mycoplasma or can't you?? Anyone ever had chickens vaccinated for these?

And just to throw another cat in among the chickens [smilie=a_rolling.gif]

I came across this news story on the ABC that says that they found combining some chicken vaccines has actually lead to deaths due to the development of a new lethal strain of ILT
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-13/c ... us/4127804

And I thought having chickens was going to be so simple....

2_Drakes · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:48 am

I was told by 3 vets that you cannot vaccinate for chronic respiratory disease so I would be cautious on that one

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