Reference Type

Conference Proceedings

Record Number

114

Author

Chitate, E. and Guta, M.

Year of conference

2000

Title

Country Report, Zimbabwe

Editor

Alders, R.G.; Spradbrow, P.

Conference Name

SADC Planning Workshop on Newcastle Disease Control in Village Chickens

Conference Location

Maputo, Mozambique

Publisher

ACIAR Canberra, proceedings No 103

Pages

46-50

Date

2001

Label

Conference paper

Keywords

Newcastle disease . Newcastle disease vaccines, Village chickens. Zimbabwe

Notes

In Zimbabwe most rural families keep indigenous chickens. Few farmers provide supplementary rations for their flocks. Newcastle disease is one of the important diseases constraining productivity.
Poor access to credit is another major problem. Poultry owners are responsible for vaccinating their own chickens, using heat resistant V4 vaccine by eye drop. Outbreaks of Newcastle disease affect mainly the rural poultry population. Commercial chickens are protected by vaccination and strut biosecurity. Both V4 and 102 vaccines gave good protection (more than 90%) in field trials.
 

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www.aciar.gov.au/publications/proceedings/103/index.htm