Poultry vaccination is mandatory to get sustainable revenue from poultry rearing. Chicken, duck, and pigeon need time-specific vaccines to protect them from diseases such as Ranikhet or New Castle Disease, Fowl Pox, Fowl Cholera, Duck Plague, etc. A vaccination schedule is the time schedule of vaccination. Every year large amount of poultry dies in rural Bangladesh due to non-vaccination or improper vaccination of the poultry.
Poultry rearing under homestead agroforestry
Livestock is a component of homestead agroforestry. Poultry is a part of livestock. The majority of rural households in Bangladesh are rearing poultry in their homesteads. Deshi chicken is the main poultry component in rural households besides duck and pigeon. Tree-livestock, Crop-Tree-Livestock, and Crop-Tree-Livestock-Fish are agroforestry systems practices in Bangladesh.
Status of poultry vaccination in Bangladesh
Every year Bangladesh government arranges lots of vaccination and de-worming campaign in rural areas to inspire farmers to vaccinate their poultry. The government is trying to make available all required vaccines at the Upazila level to provide regular services. However, the human resources are not quite enough to cover all rural areas of Bangladesh. The government, private companies, and NGOs train many vaccinators working in the field to vaccinate poultry. But, the supply of vaccines to community livestock workers is not adequate to fulfill the local demand. Therefore, the regular vaccination schedule is hampered and farmers lose interest to continue the vaccination. The death rate of poultry after vaccination is a great concern as the trained vaccinators are not following the proper guidelines while vaccinating and carrying the vaccines.
Chicken vaccination schedule
To keep the chickens, have to vaccinate regularly based on the day’s schedule.
- 4-7 days old chicken: BCRDV vaccine to protect from Ranikhet or New Castle Disease.
- 3-7 days old chicken: Pigeon Pox vaccine to protect from pigeon pox disease.
- 21 days old chicken: BCRDV vaccine (booster dose) to protect from Ranikhet or New Castle Disease.
- 30-45 days old chicken: Fowl Pox vaccine to protect from fowl pox disease.
- 60 days old chicken: RDV vaccine to protect from Ranikhet or New Castle Disease.
- 75-90 days old chicken: Fowl Cholera to protect from fowl cholera disease.
” Take help from trained and certified vaccinator to protect your livestocks.
Ahmed M.
Duck vaccination schedule
- 30 days old duck: Duck Plague vaccine to protect from duck plague disease.
- 45 days old duck: Use a booster dose of duck plague vaccine.
- 60 days old duck: Duck Cholera vaccine to protect from duck cholera disease.
Pigeons also need regular vaccination to protect them from Ranikhet or New Castle Disease and Pigeon Pox.
Precautions for poultry vaccination
- Use all diluted vaccines within 1-1.5 hours।
- Always vaccinate healthy and disease-free poultry.
- Do not vaccinate during hot weather.
- Vaccinate early morning (5-8 am) and late afternoon (after 5 PM)
- Maintain proper temperature while carrying vaccines.
- Check the expiration date of the vaccines.
- Use proper doses of the vaccines while mixing.
- Do not vaccinate diseased poultry.