In any animal population there will be a small number of individuals which fail to respond fully to vaccination. Successful vaccination depends upon correct storage and administration of the vaccine and the animal’s ability to respond. Immune competence can be influenced by genetic factors, intercurrent infection, age, nutritional status, concurrent drug therapy, stress, etc. In addition, successful vaccination is dependent on correct administration and storage of the vaccine.

Artervac must not be imported, sold or administered except in accordance with a licence granted by the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Maynooth Business Campus, Maynooth, County Kildare under The Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (Control on Animal and Poultry Vaccines) Order 2002 (SI No. 528 of 2002).