ER Bac L5 Gold

Indications
ER Bac® L5 Gold is for vaccination of healthy breeding swine as an aid in preventing erysipelas caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and leptospirosis caused by Leptospira canicola, L. grippotyphosa, L. hardjo, L. icterohaemorrhagiae and L. pomona.

What Is It For?
ER Bac® L5 Gold is for the vaccination of healthy breeding swine as an aid in preventing erysipelas caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and leptospirosis caused by Leptospira canicola, L. grippotyphosa, L. hardjo, L. icterohaemorrhagiae and L. pomona. Leptospira are common agents of reproductive loss in swine. Infection by Leptospira during the second half of pregnancy may cause abortions and stillbirths; late-term abortions are the most important economic effect of leptospirosis.

How Effective Is It?
ER Bac® L5 Gold has an 18-week duration of immunity following vaccination which has been demonstrated against erysipelas.
Efficacy of the fractions of ER Bac® L5 Gold was demonstrated in controlled challenge-of-immunity and immunogenicity tests.
The safety of ER Bac® L5 Gold was demonstrated under field conditions in approximately 1,340 sows and gilts receiving single or multiple doses. No serious systemic or allergic reactions were observed following vaccination.
The antigens have been chemically inactivated and adjuvanted with two adjuvants, including Amphigen®, to enhance immune response.

Dosage and Administration
Shake well. Aseptically administer 2 mL intramuscularly.

Healthy swine should receive two doses three to five weeks apart, with the second dose administered two to four weeks prior to breeding. Healthy gilts, however, should receive the second dose as near as possible to 14 days prior to breeding.

Revaccination with a single dose is recommended prior to subsequent breedings. Boars should be revaccinated semiannually.