TEMEVAC

A live, thermostable, avirulent I-2 Newcastle virus strain that protects poultry against Newcastle disease. Newcastle disease is a highly contagious disease of birds caused by a para-myxo virus. Birds affected by this disease are fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, pheasants, partridges, guinea fowl and other wild and captive birds. The clinical signs of Newcastle disease are green diarrhea, severe flue, central nervous system signs and finally death.  TEMEVAC is manufactured according to ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System standard and World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) Standards and guidelines.

Targeted animals and administration

TEMEVAC is administered to the health chicken not showing any clinical sign. It is administered directly from the bottle without being mixed with anything. Administer one drop in one eye of a chicken (Other birds like ducks, guinea fowl, turkey can be vaccinated by TEMEVAC). The chicken to be vaccinated is hold horizontally by assistant with one eye facing the vaccinator. The vaccinator should hold the head of the bird and open the eye with the thumb and fore finger of one hand. One hand should hold the eye dropper vertically and squeeze it gently to allow one drop of vaccine to fall into the chicken’s eye while making sure the drop of vaccine spreading over the surface of the eye before chicken is released.

Storage and presentation

TEMEVAC is in liquid form and packed in 3 mililitre (50 doses), 5 mililitre (100 doses) and 10 mililitre (200 doses) in plastic bottles with sealed cap. The bottles are in blue colour (50 doses) and white colour (100 and 200 doses). Store at refrigerator temperature (2 – 8℃) for a period of not more than four months from manufacturing date. Do not freeze. In absence of refrigerator, store on the floor under the shed in cool place and use it immediately as possible. The vaccine should be used within seven (7) days after opening in case is returned in the refrigerator after use.

Transportation

The vaccine should be transported under cold chain in the cool box with ice packs or thermos with ice cubes. In case the ice is not available, wrap up the bottle of vaccine in the wet cotton cloth and place in cotton bag or basket with holes; vaccine transported in this condition should be used as quickly as possible.

Important things to observe

• Avoid exposing the vaccine on direct sun light;
• Vaccinate health chickens only;
• No withdrawal period after vaccination;
• The vaccine has no adverse effect to chicks, grower or egg laying;
• Chicken can be vaccinated with TEMEVAC from the age of 1-2 week and
• Chickens should be vaccinated after every 4 months.

For technical assistance please contact animal health practitioner in your area.

TEMEVAC is produced by:

Tanzania Vaccine Institute (TVI),

Tanzania veterinary Laboratory Agency (TVLA),

P.O. Box 30137,

Plot No. 34, Pangani area, Kibaha.

Tel: 0733 282 032/0785 553 260

Email: tvi@tvla.go.tz

Kibaha – TANZANIA.