What is ILT? Infectious laryngotracheitis, also known as LT or ILT, has often caused disease outbreaks at fairs in Michigan. ILT is a viral disease of chickens that can also cause disease in peafowl and pheasants. It typically results in a drastic death loss in a flock. ILT is easily spread by birds that are experiencing the disease, those that have survived the disease, birds that have been ...
Thanks for this good article;
I would like to ask about the vector vaccine of ILT ;
Is it good enough to give good and long life protection and how many days needed after vaccine to give fully protection.
You mentioned the negative effect of live vaccinated chicken when mixed with other non vaccinated; is it related to bkth TC and CEO vaccines of ILT.
Thanks to Authors for their nice contribution to the article my question is that if vector vaccine is not available could we used live ILT vaccine in flock ? Which is the actual age for the vaccination for commercial layer?
@Narayan Banik:
If your farm is free from ILT Do not go for the live vaccine unless it is a pox vectored vaccine.
Otherwise, do the live vaccination 2 weeks before the expected age of outbreak.
Thanks, Dr. Fulton for this fruitful information. My question is: if ILT outbreak after vaccine or non vaccinated birds then how we can treat it? Any suggestion?
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