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HI ladies, Happy New year! I have been reading what other breeders do and It is interesting to see the wide variation in management. Breeders who keep high quality flocks of old heriatge breeds often just cull sick birds and use NO vacinations. THe purpose is to continue building flock...

Haunted--I'm sure it was a very difficult time; I recently lost about 20 birds to coccidia. I looked at the vial of vaccine that I have and the Series 3 is the only listing. I know flu shots for humans can vary as they try to determine the most likely strains of the flu to include.So I can...

And to think it was my comments on Peter Browns page that started up this discussion again. I do have to say that I have learned a tremendous amount about the Merecks thru this sharing of information. In the end, does it matter whether or not a flock is vaccinated?? THis answer seems to...

Usually the vaccine companies have two ways to create vaccines. One is to use a related virus like turkey merecks to invoke the chickens to have antibioties from the chicken merecks, or second, modify the chicken based microbe do a point that it cannot cuase full blown disease just an...

Just quickly-- I am a bit fan of vaccinations. In this day and age of hightech vaccines, most vaccines can be made quickly and safely with few side effects. My understanding of the Mereck vaccine is that the bird can still get the disease but not the tumors. So, perhaps that is what you are...

I'm wondering IF the strains are all TURKEY based?? It will be interesting to read the label once it is available.

NOt so easy to find! Fortunately I saved a PDF file the first time I found it just in case I ordered the vaccine. Here it is. http://www.firststatevetsupply.com/content/view/17/37/ NO offense taken. And yes I understand the CYA caveat. I may adopt your phrasing to prevent a law suit!

When using live vaccine, animals must be quarentined for 14 days. THis is standard procedure. I have encounterd this same procedure with vaccinating horses for EVA. THe likelyhodd of transmission is small, however this is the procedure that is written on the instructions. Edited for clarity...

I'm updating my experience with mereck vaccines. My original flock I bought as chicks and had them all vaccinated, for both coccidia and merecks. Now I have chicks of various ages and need to vaccinate. Dr. Brown at First State Vet supply, has a page dedicated to merecks and the value of...

Once the vax is mixed you do have to stick to the 1 hour rule; that's why a clever person here on BYC has written up very lengthy instructions how to break up a "dose" into 4 portions. We need a vet or other informed person to clarity the age when administered. While the instructions say day...

We need to use vaccines thoughtfully. Vaccines are effective and can wipe out diseases.Polio is a human disease that has been almost wiped out world wide; with a few rare pockets of people that do manifest it (they are not vaccinated and get it from a wild primate). Our risk of getting the...

There is a lot of misunderstanding about vaccinations, especially the "live" ones. Actually "live" vaccines are the "modified live" vaccines; we tend to shorten things and unfortunately important words are lost, like "modified". THe reason it is modified is that you want your bird(or any...