concerned-pls advise

[maryco]

Hello,

Yes I ordered my vaccine from Siegel's and it came in this little box with this "cold" pack thingy.. Wasn't cold though.

And yes once you open you must use the whole thing that is what is recommended. So don't open until you are ready and shake well too.
Someone told me though that a little bit of wax could be melted to seal it back up and then it could be stored for another 4 months (not sure about that though)

[maryco]

Also the vaccine should be kept cool in the fridge..

[Trees Gray]

The PMV vaccine should be okay, but if it wasn't shipped in ice and the salesperson said they would put it in ice, I would still let them know.

I'm sure you have refrigerated it upon receipt, once you are done using it, you may hold on to it incase you get a few more birds. However, I would look at the instructions and find out how and when it needs to be thrown away. Call Siegels if the instructions are not enclosed.

Treesa

[WhiteWingsCa]

What you can do, if only vaccinating a few birds --- draw off enough vaccine from the refridgerated bottle to do the # of birds you need to vaccinate.

Leave the original bottle in the fridge -- and let the drawn off amount come to room temperature before vaccinating.

The rubber "stopper" on the original bottle will 'seal' up enough to protect the contents -- as long as you are using a small syringe to draw off the amount. Do NOT remove the metal seal -- just pop it up enough to get a needle inside.

NEVER vaccinate with cold vacccine. (Room temp only!). Do NOT let the whole bottle come to room temp, and the re-refridgerate over and over -- the vaccine will break down and be useless.

As to the supply you received from Seigals -- it's hard to say if it's still good or not, given the temps we've been having. The UPS trucks are usually fairly cool though, so hopefully it will be ok. It's been a couple of years since we ordered from them -- maybe they don't have as good staff as they used to. When we last ordered, they did have cold packs in them.

Jedds seems to be the best for packing from what I've heard/seen -- their cold packs where still frozen when we got them -- the entire box was also lined in styrofoam sheets - sides, top, bottom.

We also try to order in spring or fall, when the weather isn't quite so warm.

[pgnanddove]

Treesa, Mary and WhitewingsCA,

Thanks for the input.
Well no cold pack at all, but I am wondering if it was kept in a refrigerator at their location to begin with.

I refrigerated immediately. Hope it works. THanks again.

[lynch]

Thanks to everyone for information.

This subject very good for me.

But I have another question relevant for this topic.

PMV and POX vaccine store the refrigerate until last use date this ok.

Paratyphoid vaccine is can store refrigerate until last use date?

Which Paratyphoid vaccine can store refrigerate?

This is impossible? This only available for PMV vaccine?

Example salbac,colombovac Paratyphoid vaccines or etc..

Thanks a lot