Pathogenic fungi - a thing unpleasant, they amaze, as cats, and their owners. To infect your pet can be stray animals, sick rodents, so in a city or village environment, picking up this unpleasant disease is very simple. This infection manifests itself in the form of fallen hair, scaly spots, crusts. Nowadays, there are a number of effective vaccines against this scourge - Vakderm, Mentawak and others. Now we will tell you a little about the drug vaccine Polivak for cats. It is considered a fairly effective drug, which is worth every cat lover take a note.
Polivack - instructions for use
In veterinary medicine, this agent is used as a solution for injections of light brown color, enclosed in ampoules. Approximately in 20-30 days against the causative agent of dermatophytosis (Trichophyton and Microsporum) there is a stable immunity, which lasts about a year.
Polivak for cats is injected into the posterior bones. For young kittens (up to 5 months), the dose is 1 ml for prevention and 1.5 ml, when treatment is already required. Older animals need to inject 1.5 ml and 2 ml respectively. In the case when the drug is used for medical purposes, the use of the Polivac vaccine is somewhat different. Allowed two or three times the introduction of the drug, which is carried out with an interval of 10-14 days.
Usually, if the instructions are followed correctly, Polivak for cats does not cause any side effects. Occasionally, a small inflammation or swelling occurs at the site of the injection . Most often everything disappears by itself in three or four days. If the animal is sick before the vaccination , but the infection was in the incubation period, the injection can provoke a clinical picture when multiple foci of skin damage occur immediately. In this case, you should contact the veterinarian to examine the sick animal and, if necessary, give the cat a medicinal dose of the Polivac drug.