ultrasonic
14 posts
Nov 25, 2006
5:42 PM
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Please can someone answer 3 Questions concerning PMV!
1)Do adults that have been vaccinated for PMV pass any protection or immunity to their young.
2)If you notice a bird showing signs of PMV and then vaccinate the rest of the flock is it to late,to build any immunity to PMV vaccine with only one inoculation,and during an outbreak!
3)Lastly a few of my birds I purchased are 3 years old and may have been vaccinated once,but that was all.So would the 1 time inoculation offer those birds some protection considering it was a couple of years ago that they received their PMV vaccination!Basically how long does protection last after a vaccination
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Frank
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fhtfire
666 posts
Nov 25, 2006
6:09 PM
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1. They do not pass it on to there young if they have been vaccinated.
2. If you have an outbreak and you vaccinate...yes it could help "some" birds build up an immunity.
3. If the birds were vaccinated 3 years ago....they may or may not still have an immunity...in very small cases it has happened...but I myself vaccinate every year for PMV no matter what. I just vaccinated all my birds last month. It does not hurt to vaccinate...some people think that vaccinating is like medicating and it is not the same.
rock and ROLL
Paul
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MCCORMICKLOFTS
821 posts
Nov 25, 2006
7:27 PM
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Actually Paul, if the parents were vaccinated within a time frame that their immune system was still producing memory cells and they had young, the parents milk contains antibodies which would afford the youngsters immunity up to the point where the parents stopped feeding milk.
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fhtfire
668 posts
Nov 25, 2006
7:40 PM
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Brian,
I asked an avian science professor at UC Davis and that is what she said...but she said that it is rare..but does happen...it is like 1% or something like that. She does not like to tell people that it does...then they will not vaccinate. So..I do stand corrected but it is rare.
rock and ROLL
Paul
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knaylor
313 posts
Nov 25, 2006
8:22 PM
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Brian, you are correct. Paul i would only trust Davis ehen it comes to Horses and Dairy Cows. And then only 1/2 the time. Have had many many bad dealings with them over the years...LOL
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fhtfire
669 posts
Nov 26, 2006
8:23 AM
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I have had some issues when I had livestock with UCD..but this avian professor knows birds and pigeons. So I kind of trusted her a little bit...LOL...but You still need to vaccinate..I mean..if the baby pigeons are only protected while on the milk..that is about what..4 days to a week...I would rather vaccinate and call it good. In my book that short time frame of protection is not the same as a yearly vacccination and it is to hit and miss on weather the birds are protected when they are young
Last Edited by on Nov 26, 2006 8:24 AM
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J_Star
699 posts
Nov 27, 2006
12:26 PM
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I've never vaccinated my birds for PMV ever. They don't need it and I will not give them something I think is unnecessary at this point. I will only vaccinate when there is an outbreak in the county, state or country. I know you guys might think that I don't care about the well being of my birds...but that is far less than the truth. Prevention using the ordinary ways comes first to mind unless I am under the gun to vaccinate. Ask yourself, what is the cause of that nasty disease and how you can prevent it without the use of vaccination?
Jay
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knaylor
316 posts
Nov 27, 2006
12:39 PM
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JSTAR, there was a friend of mine that felt the same as you do. He used to have a squab ranch. PMV hit him real hard. They traced his infection down to the commies that were is his area. From them flying around his lofts and landing on them that is how it was transfered. Something to think about???
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