POULTRY VACCINATION CHAT

For the poultry birds to grow healthy and strong, feeding and vaccine chat must be employed in rearing them so that diseases and infection will not wipe them out or give them retarded growth. Vaccines are essential for poultry animals, some diseases can’t be cured with normal drug administration and as such poultry birds should be vaccinated against such diseases and infection.

What is a vaccine drug? Vaccines are products that helps stimulates ones immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease protecting them from that disease. It is usually administered through injections, or can be sprayed or by oral administration which is by mouth or nose.

Poultry Vaccination is the process of administering vaccine drugs to poultry chicks to help their immune system build immunity against diseases or virus.

Please note that before administering any vaccine, consult a veterinary doctor to prevent overdose which may lead to death of the poultry birds and in the case where the birds are ill or suffering from one particular illness or disease, please it is advisable you consult with your doctor weather you should proceed with vaccination or treat the illness as some vaccines are too strong that some ill birds might not be able to survive after the vaccine. But in a situation where the birds exhibits symptoms of the vaccine to be administered, you are to proceed with the vaccine.

Below is the poultry vaccine chat that can be employed for any broiler poultry farm from day one till the point of sale. Method of vaccine might change due to environmental effect or region or type of bird, for this reason please seek for the vet’s advice before vaccination.

Day	Vaccine/Drugs	Remark
1	Multivitamins	Oral- through their drinking water
2-4	Antibiotics (enrofloxacin)	Oral- drinking water in case some are infected through an egg from an infected layer
5	herbimax
6	Vitamin	Oral
7	ND Lasota vaccine	Oral or through eye drop
8-9	Multivitamin	Oral- through drinking water
10-12	Enroloxacin + Diclazuril	Oral
13	Vitamin	Oral
14	IBD (Gumboro) vaccine	Oral or eye drop
15-16	Multivitamin	Oral
17-18	Diclazuril + biafloxacin + oxystreptosoul	Oral
19	Chlorine free water	Oral
20	Vitamin	Oral
21	IBD (Gumboro) vaccine	Oral
22-24	Diclazuril + biafloxacin	Oral
25-26	Biafloxacin	Oral
27	Ordinary water	Oral
28	Vitamin	Oral
29	Abic Lasota or ND Lasota	Oral
30-31	Booster	Oral
32	Ordinary water	Oral
33-35	Enroloxacin + Diclazuril	Oral
36-37	Enroloxacin + oxystreptosoul	Oral
38-42	Booster	Oral
43-44	Ordinary water	Oral
45	Abic Lasota	Oral

 

Key notes:

1. Always use quality feed in brooding from 1 – 3 weeks as poor quality feed may affect their growth.
2. In the case of using pellet finisher, mix crumble starter and pellet finisher feed together. This will help the birds to adjust properly to the new feed.
3. Use enough feeders and drinkers to avoid overcrowding and possible stampede
4. Always keep good sanitation measures by cleaning their pen at when due to reduce disease and avoid high mortality.