Rosselkhoznadzor has demanded the destruction of a batch of vaccine that killed approximately 300 dogs.

The capital company "Vetbiokhim" obliged confiscate and destroy the 20th batch of the Multikan-8 vaccine, which was supplied to 10 regions of the country in the amount of 60 thousand doses.

According to documents from Rosselkhoznadzor, the demand was made within the framework of a government decree "on the destruction of counterfeit, substandard, and substandard medicines."

The first reports of mass deaths of dogs after the introduction of the Multikan-8 vaccine появились in early August. According to preliminary estimates, about 300 animals died.

Multikan was positioned as a "full-fledged and safe replacement for imported analogues that had left the country," and Vetbiokhim has held a leading position on the Russian market for four years now: during this time, the cost of its drugs has increased two and a half times.

At the end of August, Rosselkhoznadzor stated that the mass death of dogs could have been caused by a violation of the drug's production technology.

Last week it became known that Vetbiokhim offers Owners of dead animals received between 300 and 500 rubles in exchange for their silence.

UPD

In the vaccine "Multican-8" discovered A live Aujeszky's disease virus, which is fatal to animals, was detected. This was reported by Rosselkhoznadzor (Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance) following a study of samples collected in the Yaroslavl Region.