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Nilvax Selenised 500 ml
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Nilvax is a 5-in-1 clostridial vaccine and drench for ewes. The gold standard pre-lamb clostridial vaccine for ewes, Nilvax provides protection and antibody production against the five key clostridial diseases: pulpy kidney, malignant oedema, tetanus, black disease and blackleg .
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SKU#: 116723
Vaccinate Nilvax Selenised subcutaneously in the anterior (front) half of a sheep's neck. By supplementing with selenium, diseases such as white muscle disease can be prevented and controlled as well as assisting with fertility, improving growth rates and wool production. The active ingredient Levamisole boosts sheep immune responses and controls gastrointestinal roundworms and lungworm. The withholding periods are meat 21 days and milk 35 days.
- Protects against clostridial diseases such as pulpy kidney, malignant oedema, tetanus, black disease and blackleg in sheep
- Selenium assists with fertility, improving growth rates and wool production of sheep
- Dosage varies according to weight
- Do not vaccinate sheep less than 20 kg
- Withholding periods: Meat 21 days and milk 35 days
Specifications
| Ingredients | Active Ingredients: Clostridium perfringens (type D), C. septicum, C. tetani and anacultures of C. novyi (type B) and C. chauvoei; 68 g/L of levamisole, and 1.25 mg/mL of selenium |
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| Pack Size | 500 ml |
| Application method | Vaccinate subcutaneously in the anterior (front) half of the neck |
| Controls | Protects sheep from clostridial diseases: Pulpy kidney, malignant oedema, tetanus, black disease and blackleg |
| Dose Rate | Sheep: 20 to 25 kg = 3.5 ml, 26 to 65 kg = 4.0 ml, 66 to 80 kg = 4.5 ml, 81 to 90 kg = 5.0 ml, 91 to 95 kg = 5.5 ml, 96 to 105 kg = 6.0 ml. Do not vaccinate sheep less than 20 kg. |
| Suitable for | Protects sheep from five clostridial diseases |
| Withholding periods | Meat: 21 daysMilk: 35 days |
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