Why Immucox in Poultry farming ?

What's Coccidiosis

Disease caused by Eimeria

An Intracellular Parasite (Protozoa)

Observed in the digestive tract of fowl (rabbits, Sheep)

How birds are infected ?

How to identify coccidiosis ?

1. Bloody diarrhea or serosal to mucosal feces

2. Prostration (into a ball position)

3. Ruffled feathers, eyes half closed

4. Stunted growth caused by a poor capacity to convert the amount of feed intake to a gain of weight

5. Decreased in the egg production

How to control the disease ?

Management Pratices

Anticoccdial Medication

Coccidiosis vaccination

Immucox administration

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Farm administration

To use in healthy day-old chickens and turkeys at the hatcher or on farm (Gel Droplet application & Drinking water)

Use one package of IMMUCOX® diluent to 4L of cold tap water

Precaution before use

Step 1

Step 3

Step 2

Step 4

Step 5

End of the administration stage,

Empty the 15ml vial vaccinal liquid in a secondary container and rinse the vial (s)

Preparation of the diluent solution

Pour the vaccinal liquid in the diluent solution

Use your hand to mixture

Fill the drinkers with the vaccine mixture

Vaccine must be maintained at storage tempreature between 3°C and 7°C (t°> 7°C or t°<0°C)

and the Monitoring......

Make sure that the Immucox you’re about to use is not expired

Immucox Vaccine

Mode of Action

Gel Droplet Application

Floor reared Management

How Immucox works ?

Immunity development in coccidiosis

Defintion

i.

Initiate immunity by providing the first low level dose of oocyst in a uniform, controlled manner

i.

A complex process: parasite with a multifaceted life cycle

ii.

Involves mixing the vaccine into a specific diluent, supplied with the vaccine, to form gel droplets that stick the day-old chicks down when applied. Making use of chick's natural behavior to peck

ii.

5 to 7days post-vaccination, excretion in the feces of vaccine strain oocyst & re-exposure of the flock: develpment of the immunity

Humoral & Cellular immunce(+++) response

Equipment

Litter management during brood

• Moisture needed for sporulation
• Extremely low humidity levels<20% delay sporulation
• Ideal litter moisture 25-35%
• controlled by bird density: to ensure that there is enough ooscyst exposure to provide adequate cycling
• Maintain proper litter moisture levels: higher moisture Vs lower moisture

Vaccine Take monitoring

iii.

Application

A relative short duration of the cellular immune response: constant exposure to low level of circulating Eimeria

EDUCATION

Multiples cycles are required for the development of immunity (2 to 3 cycles):

• E. acervulina & maxima: 2 cycles (14 days)
• E. tenella: 3 cycles (21 days)
• E. necatrix: 4+ (28 days+)

Advantages of the Gel Droplet application

Doesn't tend to wet chicks ( vs. liquid spray)

Oocyst remain suspended in gel

Excellent uptake

Floor rearing vs Cage rearing

Cage Reared Management

VS

Manage fecal access for ooscyst re-cycling by fecal/oocyst availability

• leave paper down through day 22
• move birds from upper to lower cages and vice versa at Day 9 to 10

Study driven by the poultry Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medecine (Mississippi State University)

Author: Kelli H. Jones

Precaution when using Immucox

Avoid products with anti-coccidial properties < D14 (antagonism)

• tetracyclines, sulphonomides, essentials oils, amprolium etc.

Why Immucox in poultry farming ?

Avoid simultaneous stressors

• beak trimming just prior to cycling periods
• Ventilation, temperature, handling, etc..

Ensure adequate feeder and drinker space

Be cautious of mycotoxins (# Vit. A, B, K)

What's Immucox

Be wary of he immuno-suppressive diseases (MD, IBD, CIA)

Manage fecal exposure

• bird density + litter moisture (floor rearing)
• use of cage floor coverings (cage rearing)

Presented by

IMMUCOX I: Broiler and roaster chickens (14wo) (Breeders inUSA)

4 Eimeria strains: E. acervulina,E. tenella, E. maxima and E. necatrix .

Dr Seydou Hamadou

IMMUCOX II : Breeder and egg-type chickens

5 Eimeria strains : E. acervulina, E. tenella,E. maxima, E. necatrix and E.brunetti.

IMMUCOX T: Turkeys.

2 Eimeria strains :E. adenoeides and E. meleagrimitis