FOI The number of vaccine failure notifications for MSD Myxi or VHD
Published 19 August 2025
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ATI1062 Request
Sorry could I please also ask what the failure was reported for in each case, was it Myxi or VHD? (Request received following our response to a previous FOI request ATI1051).
Our reply
| Year | No. of animals with lack of efficacy following administration Nobivac Myxo-RHD Plus | No. of animals with lack of efficacy labelled as suspected myxomatosis | No. of animals with lack of efficacy labelled as suspected viral haemorrhagic disease | No. of animals with lack of efficacy labelled as both suspected myxomatosis and suspected viral haemorrhagic disease | No. of animals where lack of efficacy type not labelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 49 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 3 |
| 2022 | 37 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 2023 | 74 | 61 | 12 | 0 | 1 |