Re: vaccines

From: Just Molly (oldmollyREMOVETHIS_at_tesco.net)
Date: 06/13/04 

Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 16:22:50 +0100

"Krys Francis" <krys@lluestfarmpoultry.co.uk> wrote in message
news:6Oi9Y9I9rFzARw8b@clef.demon.co.uk...
> In message <neWyc.63$jj2.9@newsfe1-win>, Just Molly
> <oldmollyREMOVETHIS@tesco.net> writes
> >
> >"Jill" <news@REMOVETHISkintaline.co.uk> wrote in message
> >news:1087074774.9856.1@nnrp-t71-01.news.uk.clara.net...
> >>
> >> Do you know you already have it on your property ?
> >> If you do not why do you want to ?
> >> Is there a high incidence of it in the area - as in the places that
your
> >> youngsters might be going on to?
> >>
> >> --
> > I don't already have it thank goodness but I want to be a responsible
> >breeder and protect my stock wherever they might be going. For the
> >relatively small cost of innoculating I will have the satisfaction of
being
> >aware that none of them will ever catch it and die. So really I'm not
doing
> >it for myself but for the bird and future owners.
>
> Most people who vaccinate will tell you that the vaccine isn't 100%.
> Even the manufacturers write this. Here's a quote from data sheets for a
> marek's vaccine:
> "Under certain conditions, for example extreme disease pressure &
> variant challenge, fully immune birds may succumb to the disease.
> Therefore successfully vaccination may not be synonymous with full
> protection in the face of a disease challenge."
> Vaccinated birds can carry the field virus if they've come into contact
> with it & be infectious to non vaccinated stock. Most Marek's vaccines
> seem to be made from the turkey herpes virus, either live or attenuated,
> raising with turkey poults to gain immunity could be another option?
>
 There a re many poultry units in this area and I would *hate* to lose birds
through mareks. I have been selling eggs all over the country so have no
idea where they will end up. I don't intend to breed turkeys. I am happy ust
keeping 'Joseph' my 10 year old tame pet norfolk bronze :0)

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