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New single dose vials for early life calf pneumonia vaccine

The intranasal vaccine can be administered to calves from as young as a week of age

MSD Animal Health’s early life intranasal calf pneumonia vaccine – BOVILIS INtranasal RSP Live – is now available in single dose vials, allowing users greater practical flexibility to vaccinate individual animals as and when needed.

The intranasal vaccine can be administered to calves from as young as a week of age and 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. The vaccine also delivers the fastest on-farm protection, with an onset of immunity after administration of just 5 days for BRSV and 7 days for Pi3V. Duration of immunity is 12 weeks for both viruses.

“Having this early life calf pneumonia vaccine available in single dose vials will give farmers more practical leeway to be able to vaccinate vulnerable young calves from as young as a week of age, rather than delaying administration until a batch of calves are available. 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,” says MSD Animal Health livestock veterinary adviser Dr Kat Baxter-Smith.

The new single dose vials are supplied in packs of five, complementing the five dose vials already available. Vets interested in further information about this early life calf pneumonia vaccine should contact their MSD account manager for details.

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