| Rabies vaccine - a few facts & myths Over the period, we have been receiving queries on different aspects of vaccine storage and cold chain maintenance. The discussion given below is Part 1 and we didn't want to take more of your time either ! Hope this would cover many of your concerns. You are certainly aware of the importance in maintaining cold chain for vaccines; animal owners and vets are now keeping a regular check on the supplies made to them ensuring proper storage conditions. Here the point to consider is that many are over-cautious about these facts only because of their lesser product knowledge. With this, we didn't mean that we are not endorsing their anxiety in cold chain maintenance of vaccines. Also, we shall examine why certain vaccine companies say that their products can be kept in ambient temperature ! Is it absurd? Again, there are also many vets who rejects a vaccine if there is a slight exposure to room temperature during shipments or if the power fails. Let us illustrate this by adding that many company executives try to push their market share up, by challenging the number of International Units (IU) in their competitors' product. This is often surprising as many of them may not even know what an ' International Unit' in vaccine is all about. Sorry, we are not underestimating anyone..... All veterinary pharmaceuticals or biologicals are manufactured as per specifications laid out in pharmacopoeias or relevant compendium, either International, European, or country specific editions. All these are similar to one another and differ only on certain pharmaceutical aspects and there is nothing for the vet or animal owner to worry about. November 2006 |
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