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Pigeon pox vaccination plan

The best means of control is active immunisation of all pigeons in the flock that appear healthy with chevipok^®.

• Timing of vaccination:
  

  Adult pigeons:		5 weeks before mating (follicle method) or 3 weeks before mating (subcutaneous injection)
  Young pigeons:		9th week of age (follicle method or subcutaneous injection)

  
  Vaccination of adult pigeons against pox (only follicle method) can be performed simultaneously with vaccination against paramyxovirus infection.
  
• Vaccination procedure:
  Follicle method:
  Vaccine with the content of 50 doses is diluted in 5 ml of Diluent. After removing 6 to 10 feathers from the outside of the upper leg, the vaccine is rubbed into the featherless follicles with a hard brush. Vaccination is checked by examing the vaccinal pustules - swellings of the follicles the size of a pinhead or peppercorn, which develop at the end of the first week after vaccination. The pustules are most apparent 7 to 9 days after vaccination and subside over the next 2 to 3 weeks. The immunity is fully developped after involution of the pustules. Annual booster vaccinations may only produce indistinct vaccinal pustules. If formation of pustules is incomplete or does not occur at all, vaccination should be repeated after about 4 weeks.
  
  Subcutaneous injection:
  Vaccine with the content of 50 doses is diluted in 10 ml of Diluent.
  Dose: 0.2 ml per pigeon.
  The injection is administered dorsally in the neck in the direction of the tail, but not immediately behind the head.
  
  Onset of immunity: At the latest 21 days after vaccination
  Duration of immunity: min. 9 months
• Note:
  - All pigeons in the flock should be vaccinated.
  - Until the dropping-off of the crust at the vaccination sight, vaccinated pigeons are a potential source of contagion for non vaccinated ones.
  - The dropping-off of the crust takes place 3 to 4 weeks after vaccination.
  
• Additional measures:
  The following measures ensure that vaccination is successful, thus safeguarding the health and performance of the pigeons:
  - birds to be kept under the correct conditions
  - the best possible diet to strengthen the condition
  - administration of livimun^® to boost the specific immune reaction
  - give the birds multivitamin EB12
  - protect the flock against the introduction of pathogens
  - Remove bath water and no free flight for affected pigeons for 3 days
  

Vaccination plan for the active immunisation of pigeons against pox

Duration of treatment		week 1							week 2							week 3							week 4
Day		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Breeder's check list
livimun®	drinking water or feed
multivitamin EB12	drinking water
chevipok®	vaccination
		Onset of immunity: 3 weeks after vaccination. Duration of immunity: min. 9 months.

necessary treatment
optional back-up treatment

Pigeon pox - Table of requirements for the flock

Product and Duration of treatment	Dosage	Total requirements	Total requirements for 100 pigeons (entire treatment period)
chevipok® 1 application	0,2 ml = 1 dose per pigeon	doses packages	100 1
livimun® 8 days	20 ml per 2 litres or the daily feed ration of 40 pigeons	ml bottles	400 2
multivitamin EB12 4 days	1 sachet per 2 litres or 2 caps. per pigeon per day	sachets packages capsules packages	10 1 800 8

chevita - Requirement calculation: Pox vaccination

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