Virsal T
Categories: Live vaccines
Freeze dried live vaccine – Salmonella Typhimurium MTR40 strain Virsal T
contains the attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium/MTR40 strain. This vaccine strain is capable of invading and multipling in the Mucosa/Gut-associated Lymphatic Tissue (M/G-aLT) where it provokes a protective cell-mediated and antibody immune responses that reduce sickness, carrying and shedding of Salmonella Typhimurium.
Composition:
Each dose contains attenuated salmonella typhimurium MTR2 strain, at least 10 8.0CFU.
Indications:
Active immunization of chickens to reduce sickness, carrying and shedding of Salmonella typhimurium
Indications for use:
- Use by instruction of veterinarian.
- Dilute the dry vaccine in sterilized water or boiled and cooled water, without anti bacterial and disinfectant leftovers.
- Use immediately after dilution.
Administration and dosage:
- Drinking water:
- Prevent the chickens from any anti bacterial substance 3 days before and 3 days after vaccination.
- Do not give any disinfectant substance, souring and other substance with anti bacterial action 3 days before the vaccination.
- Deprive the chickens from drinking 1-2 hours before vaccination (depends on weather).
- Prepare adequate volume of drinking water for a flock to be consumed within 1-2 hours.
- Protect the dissolved vaccine from chlorine by adding BIOVAC’S Blue Neutrachlor® to the drinking water to be consumed, according to the product instructions.
- After 15 minutes, add the diluted vaccine to the drinking water.
- Let the birds consume all the vaccine-water volume before renewing water supply..
Comments:
- Vaccinate healthy birds only.
- Use entire contents of the vial when first opened.
- Destroy unused contents and decontaminate empty vials before discarding them.
- Keep vaccination records including vaccine batch number.
- Wear gloves while preparing and administrating the vaccine.
- Immunization of chickens with live vaccine does not stimulate the immunity system which interfere the detection of Salmonella Pullorum and Salmonella Gallinarum.
- Accidently, swallowing the vaccine, go to physician with the vial and leaflet (the vaccine strain is sensitive to quinolones)
Storage:
- Store at 2ºC-8ºC,
- protected from direct sunlight.
Do not freeze the vaccine.
Size:
Each box contains 10 vials of 1,000, 2,000, 4,000 or 5,000 doses.