Marek's Vaccine Serotype 3 for chickens: safe to use around turkeys?

[pips&peeps]

I've vaccinated older chicks lots of times for mareks and never had a problem.

 

[GardenerGal]

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Just wondering, is there any way to know how long had the vaccine been open? When the bottle/vial has been hydrated/exposed to air for >1hr, it becomes ineffective, or likewise when the temperature >27degrees Celsius.

We lost one copper black just over a week ago to suspected Mareks, although the supplier vaccinated her as a 1 day old, we're wondering how well the vaccine was stored/handled. Although we segregated at first symptoms, another hen is showing the early symptoms (limp).

Seamus

Were there ever birds with Marek's in your poultry yard/barn before vaccinations? I wonder whether your bird contracted it from the vaccine.

 

[GardenerGal]

pips&peeps :

I've vaccinated older chicks lots of times for mareks and never had a problem.

It's a gamble. With vaccination, a percentage of birds will contract Marek's (I remember reading a report that said 4 birds in 100 on average), but whether that's from the failure of the bird to develop antibodies (and being exposed to Marek's present in the barn) or the vaccine itself causing the disease, who knows. I'd be suspicious if they developed the disease just a couple weeks after vaccination, as that could indicate the vaccine as a cause.​

 

[chickenzoo]

the first few times I dosed the chickens right from the vial then threw out the remainder, I always keep all my vaccines in a cooler bag w/ice when I'm giving them and I know the vaccine is only good for an hour.
The other times i divided the dried wafer into 4 parts and only hydrated the 1/4 in a glass vial with the proper liquid. Again, kept cold and used before an hour- was a fresh vaccine also. this last time I only did because the zoo asked me to dose the ones before pick up. The Silkies they got were fine but I have lost 5 of the 7 bantam Polish Frizzle youngsters and 2 other Silkies that were vaccinated at the same time.