Even though the feline rhinotracheitis virus does not survive outside the body or in the environment for longer than 24 hours, it can in this short time be spread via droplet infection or via the hands and clothes of people handling the cat. (catbreedsjunction.com)
Dr Ian Tizard states: «With modified live virus vaccines like canine parvovirus, canine distemper and feline panleukopenia, calicivirus, and rhinotracheitis the virus in the vaccine must replicate to stimulate the immune system. (dogsnaturallymagazine.com)
«Bovi - Shield GOLD 5 is the only respiratory vaccine that prevents infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus and aids in the prevention of bovine viral diarrhea virus Types 1 and 2 respiratory disease for at least 279 days.» (zoetisus.com)