EGG PRODUCTION PROTECTION
Egg production in breeders and commercial layers can be adversely affected by a variety of factors, both infectious and non infectious. Respiratory viruses like Newcastle Disease, Infectious Bronchitis (standard and variant), Avian rhinotracheitis and laryngotracheitis can affect the reproductive tissues directly or reduce feed intake, resulting in decreased egg production.
Adenovirus infection (EDS 76) and avian encephalomyelitis have proven to cause substantial decreases in egg production. Marek’s disease virus causes mortality and egg losses as well.
Merial’s range of egg protection vaccines provides protection to enhance prevention of losses in egg production.
Potential Egg Production Diseases:
AVIAN ENCEPHALOMYELITIS (AE):
Is a viral infection of chickens, turkeys, pheasants and quails characterized in young birds by ataxia progressing to paralysis and tremors of the head and neck.
Merial vaccine to prevent Avian Encephalomyelitis:
| Live Vaccine |
|---|
| TREMOR BLEN® D |
INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS:
An acute, highly contagious disease of chickens characterized by respiratory signs, severe renal disease with nephropathogenic strains and a marked decrease in egg protection.
Merial vaccines to prevent Infectious Bronchitis:
| Live Vaccines | Inactivated Vaccines |
|---|---|
| New Castle Bronchitis Mass & Conn | Bursa Guard NBR |
| Bronchitis Mass (Frozen) | Gallimune NC-BR |
| Bronchitis Mass (Freeze-Dried) |
MAREK’S DISEASE:
Marek’s Disease is a herpes virus-induced neoplastic disease of chickens caused by infiltration of nerve trunks and organs with lymphoid cells. Most common of lymphoproliferative disease of chickens. Characterized by mononuclear infiltration of the peripheral nerves, gonad iris, various viscera, muscle and skin.
Merial vaccines to prevent Marek’s Disease:
| Live Vaccines |
|---|
| Marek's HVT |
| Marek's SB-1 |
| Rispens CVI 988 |
| Bur-Cell 1+1 |
NEWCASTLE DISEASE:
A viral disease of many kinds of poultry, wild and caged birds characterized by marked variation in mortality, morbidity, signs and lesions.
Merial vaccines to prevent Newcastle Disease:
| Live Vaccines | Inactivated Vaccines |
|---|---|
| New Castle Bronchitis Mass & Conn | Bursa Guard NBR |
| Gallimune NC-BR |
AVIAN POX:
Pox is a slow spreading viral disease of chickens and turkeys that come in dry or cutaneous form and wet or diphtheritic form.
Merial vaccines to prevent Avian Pox:
| Live Vaccine |
|---|
| PT Blen® |