Chicken Hipraviar-S (Eye Drop)- San Miguel Lobo Batangas

Paramyxovirus 1 or Newcastle Disease is a highly contagious viral disease affecting poultry of all ages. Affected species include chickens, turkeys, pigeons and ducks. The virus involved is Paramyxovirus PMV-1, which is of variable pathogenicity. Signs are typically of disease of the nervous, respiratory or reproductive systems. Morbidity is usually high and mortality varies 0-100%. Higher mortality is seen in velogenic disease in unvaccinated stock. Hipraviar –S is an attenuated live medication for the prevention of Newcastle Disease in fowls. Dr. Rommel Marasigan gave a quick orientation about the relevance and proper eye dropping of the medicines to Barangay Officials and gave them some for their strayed chickens. According to the veterinarian, the medicine is imperatively stored in a refrigerator between 2 ºC – 8 ºC, should not be frozen and protected from light, they should not expose the medicine to either direct sunlight or extreme heat during the vaccination procedure. Important to remember that the entire contents should be used when first opened and do not store for future use. They should also burn empty vaccine containers or bury under the ground all unused contents and do not slaughter chickens for human consumption within 21 days after the medication. 1 week old healthy chick can have the eye drop medication of NCD vaccine or 5 ml Hipraviar-S. For their Six (6)-month protection against Newcastle’s Disease.
In the activity, they administered to Ninety Three (93) heads of chickens, through eye drop in healthy chicks from 1 week-old with 1 dose per head. Estimated cost of medicine is One Hundred Pesos (P100.00) per head. The content of the vial was re suspended with the diluents and eye drop using a suitable dropper. They held fowl in such a way that a drop can be placed onto the surface of one of the eyes. The drop spread across the surface of the eye and they did not release the fowl until a swallowing motion has been noted.