Description
Nobivac 3 Rabies vaccine is for vaccination of healthy dogs, cats, cattle and sheep as an aid in preventing rabies. The vaccine is prepared from cell-culture-grown, chemically-inactivated rabies virus. Re-vaccination for dogs and cats not needed for up to 3 years (yearly re-vaccination recommended for cattle and sheep).
Produced on an established cell line that has been extensively tested.1 A duration of immunity study demonstrated that a 1 mL dose met federal guidelines for protection of dogs and cats against virulent challenge administered 3 years after vaccination.1
Nobivac is a registered trademark of Intervet Inc., d/b/a Merck Animal Health, a subsidiary of Merck & Co. Inc.
Directions
Following the advice of the American Veterinary Medical Association on Vaccination Principles, an appropriate revaccination program for individual animals should be made based upon veterinarian-client-patient relationships.
Dogs and Cats:
1. General Directions: Shake well. Aseptically administer 1 mL subcutaneously. Dogs may be vaccinated intramuscularly or subcutaneously.
2. Primary Vaccination: Administer a single 1 mL dose at 3 months of age or older to healthy dogs and cats. A repeat dose should be administered 1 year later.
3. Revaccination: Subsequent revaccination every 3 years with a single dose is recommended.
Ferrets:
1. General Directions: Shake well. Aseptically administer 1 mL subcutaneously.
2. Primary Vaccination: Administer a single 1 mL dose at 3 months of age or older. A repeat dose should be administered 1 year later.
3. Revaccination: Annual revaccination with a single dose is recommended.
Cattle and Sheep:
1. General Directions: Shake well. Aseptically administer 2 mL intramuscularly.
2. Primary Vaccination: Administer a single 2 mL dose at 3 months of age or older to healthy cattle and sheep. A repeat dose should be administered 1 year later.
3. Revaccination: Annual revaccination with a single dose is recommended.