Smallpox of sheep and goats is highly contagious, rapidly transmitted, accompanied by fever, papular-pustular rashes on the skin and mucous membranes, a disease. It affects animals of any age, in 50% of cases it is fatal. To prevent the spread of the disease, immunization of small livestock from three months of age is indicated.
Sheep and goat smallpox vaccine
Surviving animals acquire a stable immunity to this virus for 2 years. As a specific prophylaxis, a culture virus vaccine of an attenuated strain of NISHI (smallpox virus) is used, which provides protection to vaccinated goats and sheep for 12 months.
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Today, the vaccine ShipPox-LSD vaccine is used to vaccinate small and cattle against smallpox and infectious nodular dermatitis. This is the only type of immunization.
ShipPox-LSD Vacc vaccine: instructions for use
The drug is made on the basis of a culture fluid of transplantable goat DNA cells infected with a NISHI strain. As additional elements, 10% sucrose and 2% edible gelatin are present in the composition.
The response of the immune response to a single administration of the vaccine in small livestock appears after 5 days. The drug is harmless, does not have medicinal properties
Indications for use
The vaccine is intended to prevent smallpox and nodular dermatitis in healthy sheep, goats and cattle. Immunization is carried out from the age of 3 months. Revaccination is organized every 12 months.
In unsafe points and farms of the threatened area, vaccinations are carried out for all livestock age groups, regardless of the amount of time that has passed since the last immunization. Lambs up to 6 months old. vaccinated twice, with an interval of 2 weeks. Revaccination of young animals is carried out after 6-7 months., Adults - 1 year.
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Instructions for use:
- Cool saline solution (sodium chloride) of 0.9% concentration to + 4 ° C.
- Into a bottle with a dry powder vaccine, designed for 50 vaccine doses, add 2 cm³ of sodium chloride using a syringe, for 100 doses - 4 cm³. Shake the container until the drug is completely suspended.
- Combine the resulting suspension with 48 cm³ of saline (for 50 doses) or 96 cm³ (for 100 doses).
- Using a syringe, inject 1 cm³ of the finished vaccine into the hairless area of the animal’s dermis (axilla or sub-caudal region).
Contraindications
- It is forbidden to vaccinate:
- sick, weakened animals;
- females in the last stages of pregnancy.
Important! Within 5 days from the moment of introduction of the vaccine, it is forbidden to immunize animals with other drugs.
Side effects
Side effects with the introduction of the drug were not identified. In case of exceeding dosages, outbreaks of smallpox were not detected.
Precautions for use
When using, the following precautions should be observed:
- Wear clean clothes.
- Hands treat with ethyl alcohol.
- Wear sterile gloves.
- Introduce the suspension into a hairless area of the skin, pre-treating it with alcohol.
- If the vaccine enters the skin or mucous membranes of a person, rinse the area with water.
- If the vaccine was accidentally administered subcutaneously to a farm worker, immediately wipe the area with ethanol, go to the hospital and inform the doctor about the incident.
Release form and manufacturers
The dosage form of the drug is a powdery mass, light yellow in color. Completely soluble in saline 0.9% concentration in 1.5 minutes. Manufacturer: FSBI "ARRIAH".
Important! It is forbidden to violate the schedule and timing of immunization. Otherwise, vaccination may not have the desired effect.
Scheduled preventive vaccination allows the livestock to be protected from outbreaks of smallpox. To maintain the normal condition of animals, it is necessary to carry out manipulation annually.
