CAN I VACCINATE MY NEW GUINEA KIT LIKE CHICKENS?

[FARKESU]

I now have incubated 19 Guinea kits and its the first time having guineas. Can I vaccinate them with lasota or gumboro as in my area we don't have merek.?

 

[nuthatched]

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[tranquiliti]

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[R2elk]

𝙸 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚞𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 19 𝙶𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚜. 𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝙸 𝚟𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚝𝚊 𝚘𝚛 𝚐𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚘 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚊 𝚠𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔.?

I would not vaccinate guineas. I have never vaccinated any of mine and have never had any issues.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

I now have incubated 19 Guinea kits and its the first time having guineas. Can I vaccinate them with lasota or gumboro as in my area we don't have merek.?

Interesting question! Where are you located? I googled and it looks like vaccination for these are common in India and Asia? Gumboro is Infectious Bursal Disease and Lasota is a vaccine strain for Newcastle disease. I did a quick search for these diseases in Guinea fowl.

This paper suggests that these two vaccines shouldn’t be co-administered in Guinea fowl as the IBD vaccine decreases response to the Lasota vaccine.
https://www.researchgate.net/public...Fowls_to_Newcastle_Disease_Lasota_Vaccination

This paper suggests that IBD does not produce a lot of clinical disease in Guinea fowl, though they might spread the disease:

https://www.researchgate.net/public...leata_to_Infectious_Bursal_Disease_Virus_IBDV

Newcastle disease doesn’t seem to be as bad in Guinea fowl as in chickens, but still causes substantial disease:

https://www.thepoultrysite.com/arti...sease-varies-between-chickens-and-guinea-fowl

Vaccination for Newcastle disease seems to be effective in Guinea fowl:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11474865/

Based on the above, maybe give the Newcastle vaccine at the 15 days of age suggested in the above paper? As for IBD, looks like you could give that after Newcastle, if you choose to give it.

Let us know where you are and what you decide to do!

 

[FARKESU]

Interesting question! Where are you located? I googled and it looks like vaccination for these are common in India and Asia? Gumboro is Infectious Bursal Disease and Lasota is a vaccine strain for Newcastle disease. I did a quick search for these diseases in Guinea fowl.

This paper suggests that these two vaccines shouldn’t be co-administered in Guinea fowl as the IBD vaccine decreases response to the Lasota vaccine.
https://www.researchgate.net/public...Fowls_to_Newcastle_Disease_Lasota_Vaccination

This paper suggests that IBD does not produce a lot of clinical disease in Guinea fowl, though they might spread the disease:

https://www.researchgate.net/public...leata_to_Infectious_Bursal_Disease_Virus_IBDV

Newcastle disease doesn’t seem to be as bad in Guinea fowl as in chickens, but still causes substantial disease:

https://www.thepoultrysite.com/arti...sease-varies-between-chickens-and-guinea-fowl

Vaccination for Newcastle disease seems to be effective in Guinea fowl:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11474865/

Based on the above, maybe give the Newcastle vaccine at the 15 days of age suggested in the above paper? As for IBD, looks like you could give that after Newcastle, if you choose to give it.

Let us know where you are and what you decide to do!

Am in Nigeria and based on these papers I'll do lasota to avoid Newcastle disease. Am very grateful for your research which may help many people. Kudos!

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Am in Nigeria and based on these papers I'll do lasota to avoid Newcastle disease. Am very grateful for your research which may help many people. Kudos!

Let us know how it goes! We’d love to see some pictures of your Guinea fowl!

 

[FARKESU]

Let us know how it goes! We’d love to see some pictures of your Guinea fowl!

I'll update you, cheers!

 

[FARKESU]

Let us know how it goes! We’d love to see some pictures of your Guinea fowl!

This is a vedeo of the smaller ones and the picture of the older ones.

 

[FARKESU]

This is a vedeo of the smaller ones and the picture of the older ones.

This is a vedeo of the smaller ones and the picture of the older ones.