EVALUATION ” OF TWO VACCANATION PROGRAMS TO CONTROL INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE IN COMMERCIAL BROILERS | ||||
Veterinary Medical Journal (Giza) | ||||
Volume 45, Issue 4, October 1997, Page 531-540 PDF (5.17 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/vmjg.1997.378379 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
SAHAR ZOUELFAKAR1; MONA ALY2; MANAL AFIFI3; M HASSAN2; F SAAD1 | ||||
1DEPT. of poultry disease, faculty of veterinary medicine Cairo University | ||||
2Animal Health Research institute, Dokki Giza | ||||
3Dept. of poultry disease, faculty of VET, Med. Cairo Uni. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Experimental study was carried out t0 compre protection induced by two infections bursal disease (IBD) vaccination programs is Commercial broilers. chicken inoculated with live vaccine at 7 and s21v days old were protected against mortality but clinical signs of IBD were noted after challenge at 28 and 35 days old. Chickens inoculated with both live vaccine (at 7 & 21 days old) and inactivated vaccine (at 8 days old) were better protected against challenge at 28 and 35 days of age. This vaccination program protected challenged chickens against both mortality and clinical IBD signs. However, the bursa: body Weight ratios were lower than those of the control birds (P<0.05). | ||||
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