Lumpyvax

Each 1 mℓ (1 dose) of the vaccine contains 104 TCID50 of freeze-dried, live, attenuated virus (SIS Neethling-type).

Inject 1 mℓ per animal subcutaneously.

Precautions

• Vaccinate healthy animals only.
• A temporary decrease in milk production may occur.
• Vaccinated cows that develop an antibody response will confer maternal immunity to lumpy skin disease utilizing colostrum and this lasts for 4 to 6 months. Maternal antibodies in calves may influence vaccine efficacy.

For the prophylactic immunisation of cattle against lumpy skin disease.

• Calves from vaccinated cows should be vaccinated at 6 months of age. Calves from unvaccinated cows may be vaccinated at any age.
• Pregnant cows may be vaccinated with Lumpyvax®.
• A booster vaccination should be given annually.
• Immunity starts to develop about 10 days after immunisation and animals should be fully protected after 3 weeks. (The vaccine may not necessarily confer absolute immunity to all animals.)
• A small percentage of cattle are naturally immune to lumpy skin disease virus and do not develop antibodies following vaccination. When this occurs, there is no colostrum antibody protection and the calves of these cows may be at risk from an early age.

• Store between 2 °C and 8 °C.
• Do not freeze.

• Do not slaughter cattle for human consumption within 21 days of vaccination*.