EVALUATION ” OF TWO VACCANATION PROGRAMS TO CONTROL INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE IN COMMERCIAL BROILERS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 DEPT. of poultry disease, faculty of veterinary medicine Cairo University

2 Animal Health Research institute, Dokki Giza

3 Dept. 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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