Vaccinate healthy animals only.
This product contains a live attenuated bacterial strain and antibiotics may interfere with the vaccine’s efficacy. Therefore, vaccinated animals should not receive antibiotic treatment. If antibiotics are used within one week after vaccination, vaccination against Bordetella bronchiseptica should be repeated e. g. with a Bb monovalent vaccine (if available) after completion of the antibiotic treatment.
After vaccination dogs may excrete the vaccine strain Bordetella bronchiseptica for up to 11 weeks and the vaccine strain canine parainfluenza virus for 8 days. Unvaccinated dogs can manifest mild clinical signs such as sneezing and nasal and ocular discharge after contact with vaccinated dogs.
The transmission of vaccine strains to cats, pigs and rodents could not be demonstrated. However, as the possibility of transmission to non-target species cannot be rejected, it is recommended to keep non-vaccinated animals out of close contact with vaccinated dogs for at least 4 weeks.
Safe handling and proper administration of the vaccine and disposal of used material contribute to eliminating the risk of spreading the vaccine antigens in the veterinary workplace.
The safety of the veterinary medicinal product has not been established during pregnancy and lactation. Therefore, the use is not recommended during pregnancy and lactation.
This product has been shown safe in dogs from 8 weeks of age when given at the same time as vaccines of the Versican Plus/Biocan Novel and Vanguard ranges containing live canine parvovirus, adenovirus, distemper virus, parainfluenza virus as well as inactivated Leptospira and rabies virus. Mild (< 1 ºC), transient increases in temperature were very commonly observed following co-administration of these vaccines.
Efficacy after concurrent use has not been tested. Therefore, while safety of concurrent use has been demonstrated, the veterinarian should take this into account when deciding to administer the products at the same time.
Although proven safe it should not be necessary to give a parainfluenza vaccine twice by two different routes, therefore the veterinarian should consider vaccination options based on local availability of core vaccines without parainfluenza and monovalent Bordetella vaccines.
No information is available on the safety and efficacy of this vaccine when used with any other veterinary medicinal product except the products mentioned above. A decision to use this vaccine before or after any other veterinary medicinal product therefore needs to be made on a case by case basis.
Do not mix with any veterinary medicinal product, except solvent supplied for use with the veterinary medicinal product.
Transient mild nasal discharge is very commonly, mild ocular discharge and mild depression are commonly and mild sneezing is uncommonly observed in animals after vaccination. These signs generally subside without treatment within one to three days. Mild to moderate coughing was commonly observed in vaccinated kenneled dogs from nine days after vaccination when housed together with non-vaccinated dogs.
The frequency of adverse reactions is defined using the following convention:
- very common (more than 1 in 10 animals treated displaying adverse reaction(s))
- common (more than 1 but less than 10 animals in 100 animals treated)
- uncommon (more than 1 but less than 10 animals in 1,000 animals treated)
- rare (more than 1 but less than 10 animals in 10,000 animals treated)
- very rare (less than 1 animal in 10,000 animals treated, including isolated reports).
No adverse reactions other than those mentioned above were observed after administration of a 10-fold overdose of the vaccine.
User warnings
Hands and tools should be disinfected after use.
In case of accidental self-administration during dilution of the product or inhalation of the product in the form of aerosol during administration into the nostril of a dog, seek medical advice immediately and show the package leaflet or label to the physician.
Although the risk that immunocompromised people are infected with Bordetella bronchiseptica is extremely low, it should be borne in mind that dogs can excrete the bacteria for up to several weeks after vaccination. Immunocompromised persons are advised to avoid contact with the vaccine and vaccinated dogs during excretion.