Mareks vaccine in CANADA?

[karint]

Hey Everyone!

My name is Kara and I am in Ontario, I am a poultry breeder Red Rowan Acres. I have been looking for vaccines for the past year with no luck and working with a vet in Ontario Hockley Mobile Vet. This week I received my necropsy and my birds have Marek's. I've lost 2/3 of my 100+ bird flock. I need vaccines and I am trying to figure out how to make this possible for us smaller flocks that love our birds.

I discovered several issues in the Canadian market. The vaccines the offer need to be shipped on liquid nitrogen, only last about 1 week, need to be given to 1 day old birds. Once the vaccine is activated it only last for a couple hours and all of us know chicks don't all hatch at the same time. A 1000 dose is only around $50.00 however all these companies require a $1500-$2000 minimum purchase.

I emailed a couple Canadian suppliers, the Ontatio Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and was put in touch with another vet. He said the issue is there is an initial cost of roughly $300, 000.00 for the vaccine company to produce a new label for a smaller dose. The vaccine companies don't see a return in investment.

Also in the US they seem to offer a different vaccine that only needs to be refrigerated so it's much easier to ship.

I would love to see this resolved! Follow me on IG and Facebook for updates. I might need help!!

If you feel like sending out an email to plead for vaccines. I have been addressing this as an animal welfare issue and I got a response from Ontario lead vet in animal welfare today.

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http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/

Curious where your journey is at. Do you still have a Facebook site geared at this. If so what’s it called?