Bovidec

Bovidec® is the tried and trusted BVD vaccine, and has a long track record of BVD control in both beef and dairy herds throughout the UK and Ireland. Outstanding farmer benefits include:

• 420 days foetal protection1.
• Single annual herd booster is recommended giving flexibility to dairy and beef suckler farmers.
• Active immunisation against both BVD Type I and II in calves.
• Vaccination can be completed up to just 7 days before service for extra flexibility.

When to use and why?

• In herds with little or no immunity, the spread of BVD can be devastating. 
• The effects of BVD include increased infertility, abortions, neonatal deaths, mucosal disease, viral diarrhoea and deformed calves. 
• Herds never exposed to BVD are particularly at risk.
• To limit the effects, increasing the immunity of cattle is advised.

Dosage

• 2 vaccinations 3 weeks apart are required in the first year and should be completed up to 7 days prior to the mating start date.
• Studies have shown that administration of a single 4ml dose 14 months after the primary vaccination is sufficient to boost the serological response to BVD Type I.
• A single annual booster is recommended.

Novartis recommends:

• The removal of persistently infected animals from the herd.

• Strict bio-security.
• A controlled BVD vaccination programme.

Datasheet

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References

1 Active protection afforded by vaccination of calves against BVD Type I BVD

Bovidec contains inactivated BVD virus adjuvinated in quil A and preserved in thiomersal 0.013%. Advice on the use of this or alternative medicines must be sought from the medicine prescriber. Bovidec is a registered trademark of Novartis AG, Basle, Switzerland.

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