Vaccination for hemorrhagic enteritis of turkeys.
Laboratory and field evidence indicates that a safe and effective procedure has been developed for vaccinating turkey poults against hemorrhagic enteritis of turkeys. Vaccination is by drinking-water administration of turkey-spleen-propagated pheasant-origin live avirulent virus to 4 1/2-week-old-poults. The effect of vaccination was studied in a field location having recurrent 10-15% mortality and in a second location having recurrent mortality of 0.1-0.2%. The poults involved totaled 214,554.
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004751:Enteritis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology; D014422:Turkeys; D014611:Vaccination / Q000662:veterinary*; D014774:Virulence; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D014780:Viruses / Q000276:immunology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral