FARMKENYA INITIATIVE
Dear Dr Messo
I have been vaccinating my birds against fowl typhoid for a while now. It is too expensive and labour intensive. I want to reduce costs and stay afloat in my egg business. We are facing hard times as egg producers.
[Concerned egg farmer]
Dear Farmer, I understand the pressure all layer egg farmers are experiencing at this time of low prices and high feed costs. However, cutting down on vaccination programme is an activity in futility. It is like saying, comprehensive insurance for my car is high, let me not renew it for the next year and take a chance that there will be no accident. I will discuss what Fowl typhoid disease is then you can make that decision on whether to vaccinate or not.