Each month we will be added a new article dealing with poultry health and disease prevention. Please send along your suggestions. Why we Vaccinate Poultry Preventive medicine includes any procedure that will prevent a disease or decrease its severity.
Vaccination is one of the more effective ways to prevent specific diseases.
This is why we vaccinate poultry-so the birds are protected from explosive disease outbreaks. Viruses stimulate the development of immunity better than do other types of microorganisms, so most poultry vaccinations are against viral disease's. Marek's Disease, Newcastle Disease, Infectious Bronchitis, Laryngotracheitis, Fowl Pox, Avian Encephalomyelitis, Infectious Bursal, and Hemorrhagic enteritis account for a majority of all poultry vaccinations. The presence of this small amount of virus triggers the defense mechanism of the body to product either antibodies or certain cell types to attack the virus. The immune system has the capacity to remember that specific virus so at subsequent exposure, if the time is not too great between exposures, more antibodies or cells will be produced to attack the virus.