Dose
2 ml
Administration
Equip F should be shaken thoroughly before use and administered by deep intramuscular injection.
Vaccination Regime
For protection against equine influenza, Equip F should be used as follows:
Primary course: | First dose of Equip F followed by a six week interval. |
| Second dose of Equip F followed by a 5 month interval. |
Boosters: | 1st booster of Equip F folowed by a 12-15 month interval. |
| 2nd and subsequent booster of Equip F followed by a 12-15 month interval. |
Advice on correct administration
The routine practice of administering booster doses annually may remain the most convenient, even though protection against equine influenza has been demonstrated by challenge studies 15 months following the third vaccination (first booster dose). No field challenge studies have been carried out prior to the third vaccination; instead efficacy was evaluated by serology which showed titres equivalent to those found in horses protected against challenge at 15 months.
It is recommended that a single booster dose should only be administered to horses that have already received a full primary course using vaccines that contain the same types of equine influenza virus included in this vaccine. A full primary course may be considered necessary in horses that have not been suitably primed.