Poultry Vaccination is the first line of action in preventing poultry diseases, especially in Nigeria where highly pathogenic poultry diseases are prevalent. The prevalency of poultry diseases differs between region/country.This is because some environmental factors like temperature and farmers' practices influence the distribution of these pathogens. Therefore it is pertinent you make use of a poultry vaccination schedule that suits your country/region.
In Nigeria however, most farmers in rural areas don’t vaccinate their birds, the few who do, don’t follow standard vaccination procedures, and such practices could lead to vaccine failure as well as creating a breeding ground for endemic poultry diseases such as Newcastle disease, coccidiosis, Infectious bursal disease (IBD), Marek, Salmonella, etc.
Nevertheless, in vaccinating your birds in Nigeria, you should make sure in the first 4 week
The poultry vaccination schedule below is what I am using, and my birds have been doing just fine. But you should ask from your hatchery, most hatcheries in Nigeria have their vaccination schedules/programmes with a slight difference in the time of administration.
Vaccination Schedule For Layers in Nigeria
*Medications given in water
Repeat Lasota every month and deworm every 2 months
Vaccination Schedule For Broilers in Nigeria
*Medications given in water
Give Coccidiostat every week
For general poultry vaccination schedule for layers and broilers, read Poultry Vaccination
Vaccination is incomplete without proper bio-security measures; I can confidently say that no farmer can get best protection by implementing only one of these practices.
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