More Information on Immune Products for Racing Pigeons

As long as the breeders have young in the nest give Max Immune Plus twice a week about 3 - 4 days apart. This allows the antibodies to be passed to the youngsters during this important first week, while they are receiving pigeon milk from their parents and are most receptive to immunity transfer.

Nature provides a unique window of opportunity for passing immunity to the youngsters during this first week of their lives. Unlike most birds, pigeons get to pass immunity factors to their young both through the egg and in the pigeon milk. By supplementing the immunity building function of pigeon milk with Max Immune Plus, you are fortifying the immune response in these youngsters during this important period of development.

During this first week, while the youngsters are receiving pigeon milk from their parents, their digestive tracts are in a unique state of development. At this time, there is little or no need for certain of the bile fluids and digestive acids that will be needed later to process solid food. Also at this time, the epithelial lining of the gut wall is most hospitable to immunity transfer. After this first week, the youngsters will have developed the bile fluids and stronger digestive acids necessary to process solid foods. The presence of these fluids and acids along with physiological changes to the epithelial lining of the gut wall, limit the ability of the youngsters to receive immunity information through the gut walls after this initial week of pigeon milk.

This is nature's way. During the first week, the youngsters are in a rapid development mode for immunity response building. After the first week, other survival considerations take primary importance and certain defense mechanisms are triggered along the epithelial lining of the gut wall and to the blood chemistry, that harden the defenses of the youngsters, which at the same time close this window of opportunity for passing hyper-immunity from parent to youngster.

Does this mean that Max Immune Plus is only effective for very young pigeons? No, not in the least, immune response is a lifetime process. The immune system is a highly effective proactive mechanism that is constantly evolving and adapting to new and different situations and exposures. The same general mechanisms are still applied to trigger immune response throughout the life of the bird.

Antibodies present in Max Immune Plus will attach themselves to targeted bacteria and viruses weakening or destroying them. Some of these attached antibody-pathogens will lodge against the epithelial lining where specialized cells and molecules will interpret this data and initiate action against the pathogens by signaling other specialized cells to produce an appropriate immune response.

You do not need to have all the specific pathogens present for the birds to benefit from Max Immune Plus? In fact, it is preferable that you don't. Just having the presence of these antibodies in the gut initiates a passing of genetic and chemical information to the immune response concerning the function and structure of the antibody, Also, the presence of the antibodies creates a heightened state of preparedness in the birds. The immune response learns from the antibody, allowing for rapid prototyping of similar antibodies, as needed, in the future.



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