Nobivac^® Ducat Questions and Answers

Active immunisation of cats against feline viral rhinotracheitis (feline herpes virus type I) and feline calicivirus infections.

Vaccination reduces clinical signs caused by these viral infections.

The onset of immunity for feline calicivirus and feline herpes virus is 4 weeks.

The duration of immunity is 1 year.

Do not use during pregnancy and lactation as the product has not been tested in pregnant and lactating queens.

Nobivac Ducat requires storage in a refrigerator between 2 ^oC and 8 ^oC. Protect from light.

There are no breed specific contraindications for Nobivac Ducat.

No information is available on the safety and efficacy from the concurrent use of this vaccine with any other, except MSD Animal Health’s vaccine containing rabies antigen, strain Pasteur RIV, where this product and the combined use is authorised.

A decision to use Nobivac Ducat before or after any other veterinary medicinal product therefore needs to be made on a case by case basis.

Yes, as the combined use of Nobivac Ducat and Nobivac FeLV is described on the Nobivac FeLV datasheet and SPC:

"Safety and efficacy data are available which demonstrate that this vaccines can be mixed and administered with cat vaccines of the Nobivac range containing feline calicivirus (F9 strain), feline rhinotracheitis virus (G2620A strain) and/or feline panleucopenia virus (MW-1 or Bristol strain)."

Basic vaccination: Cats from 8 weeks of age onwards should receive two vaccinations with an interval of 3-4 weeks with the second dose from
12 weeks of age. Note that this is most normally undertaken using Nobivac^® Tricat Trio.

Revaccination: An annual booster with Nobivac Ducat or Nobivac^® Tricat Trio depending on the requirement for feline panleucopaenia is recommended.

To reconstitute freeze dried small animal Nobivac vaccines which include instructions to be reconstituted with Nobivac Solvent.

Nobivac Solvent requires storage not exceeding 25 °C and protected from light. Do not freeze.

Shelf life of the veterinary medicinal product as packaged for sale: 2 years

* Nobivac FeLV is presented as a suspension for injection therefore does not require reconsitution.

Each vaccine is formulated on the basis of a minimum immunising dose, not a dose per body weight. Therefore the full vaccine dose/reconstituted amount is the minimal immunising dose.

In order for the product shelf-life to be as it is stated on the product's SPC it should be stored as per the datasheet's storage requirements. This will always be our recommendation for product use.

In the case of any doubt it would be advisable to contact the Technical Product Support team before discarding any product.

In the event where it is advisable to discard product it may be possible to claim on the practice's insurance. Our Technical Product Support team can write a letter of support for insurance claims, pertaining to deviations in storage conditions, should you require it.