AftoporŽ
Oil Adjuvanted, Inactivated Purified Vaccine against
Foot and Mouth Disease in Pigs and Ruminants
Composition
Each dose of vaccine contains:
Antigen
- Inactivated Foot and Mouth Disease Virus containing one or several serotypes appropriate to the region.
-Type 0, Type A, Type C, Type Asia 1, Type SAT 1, Type SAT 2, Type SAT 3.
-Each dose of vaccine contains 3 or more PD50 per valency. Refer to label.
Adjuvant
-Double oil emulsion (DOE): water-in-oil-in-water.
Indication
The vaccination or pigs and ruminants against foot and mouth disease
Administration and dosage
Mix the contents thoroughly by rotating the bottle end over end about 20 times. Avoid bubble formation as this can be very irritating at the site of injection.
Administer by the Intramuscular route. Preferred site in pigs, the neck, behind the ear. In ruminants, the neck in front of the shoulder.
Dose: Regardless of the age and weight or the animal, refer to the label on the container according to the following schedule:
-Area at Low FMD Risk:
Primary course in animals from non-vaccinated dams: All piglets, lambs and kids from 14 days old: 1 vaccination. If kept beyond 6 months: 2 vaccinations 4 to 5 weeks apart. Revaccinate every 6 months. From one year of age, revaccinate sheep and goats annually. All calves from 14 days old: 2 vaccinations 4 to 5 weeks apart. Revaccinate every 6 months.
Primary Course in animals with maternally derived antibodies from vaccinated dams: All piglets, lambs and kids at 2˝ months: 1 vaccination. If kept beyond 6 months: 2 vaccinations, 4 to 5 weeks apart. Revaccinate every 6 months. From one year of age, revaccinate sheep and goats annually. All calves at 2˝ months: 2 vaccinations 4 to 5 weeks apart. Revaccinate every 6 months.
-Area Heavily Infected:
Primary course in animals from non-vaccinated dams: All animal from 14 days old: 2 vaccinations 4 to 5 weeks apart. Revaccinate every 4 months for cattle and pigs and every 6 months for sheep and goats. Primary course in animals with maternally derived antibodies from vaccinated dams: All animals from 2 months old: 2 vaccinations 4 to 5 weeks apart. Revaccinate every 4 months for cattle and pigs and every 6 months for sheep and goats.
Contraindications
None.
Precautions
Vaccinate only healthy animals.
Handle pregnant animals with great care.
Observe usual aseptic conditions. Once opened, bottles of vaccine should be used within 36 hours, provided
they have been stored between +2℃ and +8℃ and not multi-punctured.
Side effects
Vaccination may be followed by a small local swelling and/or slight pyrexia, both of short duration. The purity of this vaccine means that hypersensitivity reactions are very unlikely.
Withdrawal time
Zero days
Storage
Store between +2℃ and +8℃ , protected from light. Do not freeze.
Presentations:
20 ml Bottle(Code:AftoporŽ 20ml)
50 ml Bottle(Code:AftoporŽ 50ml)
100 ml Bottle(Code:AftoporŽ 100ml)
200 ml Bottle(Code:AftoporŽ 200ml)
300 ml Bottle(Code:AftoporŽ 300ml)
For animal treatment only.
MERIAL ANIMAL HEALTH LTD
Ash Pd Pirbright Woking Surrey GU24 ONQ United Kingdom
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