New VHD vaccine - Anivac - anyone used it?

I took Stewie or his Myxo today (big relief, have been cacking myself since he got here) and talked to the vet about Lapinject. They were happy to order it for me, but then told me about Anivac. It doesn't have the mineral oil in it that is thought to cause the problems that Cylap does, and is in a single dose.

Vet told me it's as good as Lapinject - Anybun had it? I'm happy to pay for the whole 5 dose of lapinject if needs be, as Stewie is so little, I don't want any Cylap complications, but if this stuff is as good in a single dose, then it makes sense to have this, but I'm not sure about him being a test case, as the practice haven't yet started using it. They are just getting rid of their Cylap stocks before bringing it in.

There's some info on the contraindications here.

Any thoughts?

I havent heard of it but I am interested, Pebbles had a nasty reaction to the Cylap and was groggy for days and lost fur and was just very sore, so am interested to hear the thoughts on this.

Hope Stewie didnt mind his first vt trip!

He's utterly unflappable Took it all in his stride, got a clean bill of health, and had all the staff cooing over him

Ive just arranged with my Vet for Daisy to have his Lapinject for his VHD. Its only costing about £20 extra too which I thought was very worth it.

I spoke to the head nurse who nursed daisy through a bout of stasis in the vets about a year ago. He remembered him really well and said "yes - he's a sensitive chap isn't he" ......

Just thought I'd update this, Stewie had the anivac jab last week and there's been absolutely no probs
It was the same price as Cylap.

Ah thats interesting. Definately worth considering for next time then.

I spoke to my vets about it and they hadnt heard of it, they looked at me like I was mad!

MissySJ wrote:I spoke to my vets about it and they hadnt heard of it, they looked at me like I was mad!

It has just come onto the market, so that may be why. The company that make it are called animal care. Forgot to mention also that I was talking to the vet about cylap, and she said that it was very nasty stuff when they (the vets) accidentally self-injected, big lump and very sore It was to do with the mineral oil that Cylap was suspended in, which is waht caused the bunny probs too.

Hmmm will be mentioning this to my vets.

We have moved to anivac from cylap at work and mine will be having it next time, they had lapinject previously so will let you know how it goes