It is no secret that in order to meet the nutritional needs of people, meat is required, in particular, pet meat. All kinds of vaccines are created to maintain their health and disease resistance. In this article, we consider what the LTF-130 vaccine is intended for, instructions for its use and dosage.
About trichophytosis
Trichophytosis is a fungal infectious disease that has a second name - ringworm. The disease affects the skin of animals and is caused by microscopic imperfect pathogenic fungi.
Clinically, the disease manifests itself on the skin of animals in the form of oval with sharp outlines of flaky areas. Inflamed skin, broken hair are visible on them, serous-purulent exudate is released, crusts form.
The disease affects all types of domestic and agricultural, rodents and fur animals, humans. The causative agent is extremely resistant to external factors fungi:
- in hair and peels retain their properties for up to one and a half years;
- ultraviolet rays spores are inactivated after half an hour;
- boiling water kills the pathogen within three minutes;
- when heat treated at 100 ° C, the fungus dies in twenty minutes;
- disinfectants neutralize the pathogen after thirty minutes.
In addition to the characteristic spots on the skin, the disease manifests itself as a slowdown in the growth and development of animals.
The disease develops quickly - after infection, characteristic symptoms become noticeable after a week:
- in the affected areas, the hair falls out and stops growing;
- spots and crusts form on the skin;
- the animal is losing weight, becoming irritated and exhausted.
The disease is transmitted from sick animals by direct contact.
What is the drug intended for?
The drug is intended for the treatment and prevention of trichophytosis in cattle. It has significant healing properties and contributes to the fact that in farm animals fifteen to twenty days after vaccination develops long-term (up to seven years) immunity to the disease.
It has been proven that the use of the vaccine is completely harmless to animals. The use of meat and milk from vaccinated cows is allowed without restrictions, provided that the part of the muscle where the drug was administered is removed.
In farms where the appearance of the first signs of cattle trichophytosis is recorded in some individuals, the instructions for the use of LTF-130 say that the entire population is required to be vaccinated. This is necessary to prevent the further spread of the disease and for prevention.
It is important to observe the precautions when administering the vaccine:
- Be sure to inspect animals for signs of other diseases;
- measure their body temperature;
- observe the rules of hygiene when preparing the solution for administration - the work must be done in medical rubber gloves;
- use disposable or well sterilized instruments.
Biological properties
As described in the instructions, the LTF-130 vaccine acts by stimulating specific immunity. Its medicinal properties are expressed in the fact that trichophytous crusts in sick animals are thinned and rejected, a month after vaccination new hair begins to grow, and the signs of the disease disappear.
In the case of multiple foci of the disease, individual animals may need to re-administer the vaccine. The veterinarian makes a decision about its necessity after examination.
Release form, composition, storage conditions
Vaccine LTF-130 with instructions for use - a new high-tech drug with directed action. The basis of manufacturing is the attenuated culture of the Trichophyton fungus, which undergoes freeze-drying with a protective environment.
The manufacturer produces this product in powder form in beige or gray. The release form involves the dissolution of the powder in a liquid and vaccination with a solution. The factory packaging is small glass penicillin containers - bottles that are sealed with chlorobutanol caps and sealed with aluminum caps.
Instructions LTF-130 prescribes that the vaccine must be stored in a dry, dark place, inaccessible to animals and children. The product must be in tightly closed packaging provided by the manufacturer, separate from animal feed and food. Storage temperature is in the range from 0 ° C to 10 ° C, the period of use is set within a year from the date of issue.
Dosage and administration
The method of using the drug is described in the instructions of LTF-130, the dosage is determined by the veterinarian.
The main stages of vaccination are as follows:
- Immediately before the introduction of the drug, the powder is dissolved with a sterile diluent for suspensions against animal dermatophytosis, boiled with chilled water or physiological saline in the following proportion: 1 dose of vaccine is added to 5.0 cm 3 of diluent.
- According to the instructions of LTF-130, the injection site is treated with an alcohol solution.
- Intramuscular injection into the gluteal muscle is performed.
- Revaccination is repeated after two weeks.
- If the skin of the animal is severely affected, the drug is administered for the third time while maintaining the same dose.
For animals whose signs of the disease are pronounced on the skin, a double dose of the drug is administered for therapeutic purposes by the decision of a specialist.
Contraindications, limitations and side effects
Like any medicine, the vaccine has contraindications and limitations.
According to the instructions of LTF-130, it is not allowed to vaccinate animals:
- with increased body temperature;
- weakened;
- exhausted;
- newly ill;
- having signs of a current disease;
- in the last stages of pregnancy;
- in dysfunctional farms for acute infections.
The condition for vaccination is to prevent hypothermia or excessive overheating of the vaccinated livestock. Animals must be kept in a clean stall and fed.
According to studies and observations of animals, it was found that the drug has no side effects.