Re: AI vaccine

Jim Webster wrote:
" Jill" <newsNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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just for information

From Intervet

AI [bird flu] vaccine Nobilis influenza
contains antigens to H5N2; H5N6; H7N1; H7N7; H9N2
has only been tested for safety on chickens
is not suitable for birds under 2 weeks old
50% of injected bird expect a transient diffuse swelling at site -
swellings may last weeks
no information is available for birds in lay
even minute accidental vaccination of the human may result in severe
pain, swelling especially if into joint or finger and could cause
loss of digit use all the vial within 3 hours of broaching !!! -
[500 doses in 3 hours blimey]

probably means that they have to vaccinate in teams. Certainly any
number of birds they will have to have a large number working, surely
most of them will be lay staff working under veterinary 'supervision'

Urrrrm -- hobby/ pure breeder flocks are 10 - 100 birds maybe each
Are they to move about the country to the group locations?
Not likely !
500 in 3 hours in the large commercial flocks is easy peasy - they have the
facilities and the trained staff for it
There are few 500 bird flocks in the rest of the "national" flock - those
who have 500 plus birds like us have our birds in lots and lots of different
pens and houses.
There is no advice yet to the vets that they would have to be the ones
vaccinating let alone that they would get help to do so
Its NOT doable however you work it


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Jill Bowis

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