Dr. Odede R.O.

Hello Shahidul, Which medications do you consider compatible with oral vaccines? Is it true that you recommend antibiotic use with injectable vaccines? Thank you. Regards, Odede

Vaccine administered through eye or nasal drop finds its way to the gut through the nasal cavity and nasolachrimal ducts. Chlorination thus may interfere with the response to the vaccine. It is best to treat the drinking water with skimmed milk or any suitable binders like Aviblue or Cevamune among others. For injectable vaccines, chlorination of drinking water has no interference.

Promotion of use of non antibiotic growth promoters should be encouraged to reserve antibiotics only for treatment of diseases to prevent development of resistance in humans. A lot of awareness creation among extension staff, feed millers, policy makers and farmers is requisite for wider adoption of these safe alternatives. Regards, Dr. Odede

Salinomycin as a ionophore with antibacterial and anticoccidial effects on some gram positive bacteria and a growth promoting effect on chickens. "In 2009, Gupta et al. (1) announced in the journal Cell that salinomycin (Figure 1), one of the antibiotics currently used in veterinary medicine, is a 100 times more effective killer of breast cancer stem-like cells than Taxol (paclitaxel) (Bristol-Mye ...

Hello Aditya, There is a growing demand for non antibiotic growth promoters as consumers are becoming increasingly aware and cautious of residues in food. This work was done at the University of Nairobi in Kenya being my Msc project in Animal nutrition and feed science. Kenya has over 38million chicken with 20% being commercially reared. The feed milling industry is widely expanding with the incre ...

This article was share with me by a colleague when I was preparing for my MSC and I found it interesting. It is not my original work. The author did a great job that we all can learn from. My work touches on replacing antibiotics in poultry management by use of organic acids and will be published soon.

Hello Dr. Horacio, would kindly share the contacts of the manufacturers of the day old oral SE vaccine? How cross protective is the vaccine? How long is the immunity? Thank you. Regards, Dr. Odede R.O.

In addition to the above measures, acidification of drinking water and feed supplemented with probiotics and or yeast metabolites from day one is helpful in ensuring effective competitive exclusion. In East Africa region, most farmers practice multi age rearing in at times wooden storey structures. This compromises thorough cleaning and disinfection. With optimization of cleaning and disinfection ...