Vepured
Active substance
ATC code
Species
Pigs.
Indications
Active immunisation of piglets from 2 days of age to prevent mortality and reduce clinical signs of oedema disease (caused by verotoxin 2e produced by E. coli) and to reduce the loss of daily weight gain during the finishing period in the face of infections with verotoxin 2e producing E. coli until slaughter from 164 days of age.
Onset of immunity: 21 days after vaccination.
Duration of immunity: 112 days after vaccination.
Dose to be administered and administration route
Intramuscular use.
Allow the vaccine to reach room temperature (15–25 ºC) before administration. Shake well before use.
Administer a single intramuscular injection of 1 ml in the neck muscles.
Adverse reactions
Very common adverse reactions:
- Mild inflammation at the injection site (< 5 cm in diameter) that typically resolves within three days post-vaccination without treatment.
- Mild depression during the day of vaccination.
- Temperature rise of maximum 1.1 °C was observed. Temperatures returned to normal within 24 hrs.
Emesis, recumbency, convulsion, lethargy and loss of consciousness occur in very rare cases within a few minutes after vaccination. The animals mostly start to recover within around 15 minutes. In case of severe anaphylactic-type reactions appropriate treatment is recommended.
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).