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Research targets IBV hatchery vaccination
Story Date: 2/29/2012
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Source: Michael Fielding, MEATINGPLACE, 2/28/12
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation have completed a research project at the University of Georgia studying infectious bronchitis (IBV) hatchery vaccination methods for broilers.
"Project #658: Studying IBV hatchery vaccination and its effects on field boost in broilers" focused on infectious bronchitis (IBV), a contagious upper-respiratory tract disease that is difficult to control because several viruses are responsible and because vaccination for one virus type does not protect against all types.
The Arkansas vaccine type is the main virus found in the field, indicating that birds are not completely protected against this virus. Combining other IBV vaccines at the hatchery with the Arkansas vaccine did not interfere with the effectiveness of the Arkansas vaccine, and, in fact, the combination of other vaccines with the Arkansas virus actually improved protection.
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