BLUEFARM

Bluefarm ® contains dye (colouring agent) so it can be seen when it goes through the water lines. The dye (Patent Blue V) can also be observed on the beaks, tongues and feathers of birds that have consumed it. When mixed with vaccine solutions, the dye in Bluefarm ® provides a excellent method of evaluating the number of birds that have consumed the vaccine solution... Even though these techniques involve application to thousands of birds at one time, the aim is the same as for individual bird vaccination: deliver a minimum of one dose of vaccine to the immune system of each bird. Not only does the dose of vaccine have to be adequate, but it must be alive when it reaches the birds in order to replicate and cause an immune response. Our aim is to vaccinate the highest possible proportion of birds in a flock. This prevents the proliferation of a field pathogen on a farm and thus minimises the effects of a particular disease.