Porcilis Glässer
An inactivated vaccine against Haemophilus parasuis (Glasser’s disease) for use in pigs. This product may only be prescribed by your veterinary practitioner from whom advice should be sought.
Porcilis Glasser is a vaccine used for active immunisation of pigs to reduce typical lesions of Glässer’s disease caused by Haemophilus parasuis serotype 5.The vaccine is of benefit when animals with no or low levels of antibodies against H. parasuis serotype 5 are mixed with pigs from or in an environment with a high prevalence of Glässer’s disease.Porcilis Glässer is an aqueous, white or nearly white suspension for injection containing inactivated whole bacterial cells of Haemophilus parasuis serotype 5, strain 4800 inducing ≥ 9.1 ELISA Units* per dose; 150 mg dl-α-tocopherol acetate is added as adjuvant.* ELISA units = mean antibody titre (log2 value) in the potency test in mice.
For uses, dosage, contra-indications and warnings please consult product leaflet. Further information is available on request. Use medicines responsibly.
Legal category
POM
Packaging Quantities
50ml (25 doses) Glass type I or PET vials.
Datasheet
For Summary of Product Characteristics, first click on this link. Then scroll down to Documents section. Subsequently click on PDF version on line opposite Summary of Product Characteristics.
Links
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