Texas hold 'em: Top IBV results in broiler facility

A broiler-immunization program centered on a live monovalent vaccine containing the Georgia 08 (GA08) serotype of infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is showing benefits to protect broilers against the Delmarva/1639 (DMV/1639) serotype of IBV.

“The results we have seen now over 3 consecutive years in this commercial operation represent a true success story for the control of DMV/1639,” says Mark Jackwood, PhD, senior technical advisor at Ceva Animal Health, who has overseen this progress alongside colleague Travis Cigainero, DVM, manager of broiler technical services at Ceva Animal Health.

“The inclusion of the vaccine at 1 day of age as part of a sound vaccination program significantly helped a problem situation, from a point where the IBV DMV/1639 serotype was causing persistent disease to a point today where the disease from this IBV type is under control.”

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