Serological response in broiler chicks to different commercial Newcastle disease and infectious bronchitis vaccines

Avian Dis. 1991 Oct-Dec;35(4):978-81.

Abstract

Broiler chicks were administered vaccines against Newcastle disease and infectious bronchitis (both Arkansas and Massachusetts strains) at 2 weeks of age as either primary or secondary vaccinations. The vaccine was administered as a spray at 2 weeks of age to chicks that had received Newcastle disease vaccine alone, bronchitis vaccine alone, both vaccines in combination, or no vaccine at day 1 in the hatchery. The Newcastle disease hemagglutination-inhibition response was significantly lower in chicks receiving Newcastle disease vaccine as a secondary vaccine at 2 weeks than in those receiving the vaccine as a primary vaccination at that age. In contrast, the bronchitis hemagglutination-inhibition response was significantly higher in chicks receiving bronchitis vaccine as a secondary vaccination at 2 weeks than in those receiving the vaccine as a primary vaccination at that age.

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Inhalation
  • Aerosols
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / biosynthesis*
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Chickens / immunology*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests
  • Immunity, Maternally-Acquired
  • Immunization, Secondary / veterinary
  • Infectious bronchitis virus / immunology*
  • Newcastle disease virus / immunology*
  • Trachea / pathology
  • Vaccination / veterinary
  • Viral Vaccines / administration & dosage
  • Viral Vaccines / adverse effects
  • Viral Vaccines / immunology*

Substances

  • Aerosols
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Drug Combinations
  • Viral Vaccines