Calf pneumonia vaccine now available in 20-dose vials
3rd December 2024
Early life calf pneumonia vaccine Bovilis INtranasal RSP Live is now available in 20-dose vials for added flexibility.
MSD Animal Health’s intranasal vaccine can be administered to calves from the day of birth onwards.
It reduces the clinical signs of respiratory disease and viral shedding from infection with bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) and parainfluenza-3 virus (Pi3V).
No other UK-licensed BRD vaccine can be administered earlier in life, MSD says.
The vaccine also delivers the fastest on-farm protection, with an onset of immunity after administration from the day of birth onwards of six days for BRSV (five days for calves vaccinated from the age of one week onwards) and seven days for Pi3V.
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Duration of immunity is 12 weeks for both viruses.
“Having this early life calf pneumonia vaccine available in 20-dose vials will give farmers added flexibility when vaccinating batches of calves around the same time,” says MSD Animal Health livestock veterinary adviser Dr Kat Baxter-Smith.
“We know that early-age protection of young calves through intranasal vaccination can help prevent pneumonia and positively impact a beef or dairy calf’s productive future.”
The new 20-dose vials complement the single and five dose vials already available.
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