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SpayVacTM -
Phase 3
 SpayVacTM
developed by ImmunoVaccine Technologies Inc. (IVT), is a single-dose
immunocontraceptive vaccine that will control fertility of females for
multiple years. In a research herd at Penn State University,
SpayVacTM has been nearly 100% effective for 4 years. The
use of SpayVacTM will significantly reduce the cost of
controlling the deer herd in Cayuga Heights by eliminating the expense of
surgery, and the labor costs associated with deer transport and
recovery. Stress on the deer will be greatly reduced also, as deer
will need only enough tranquilizer to safely remove them form the traps or
nets, attach the ear tags and a collar, and administer the
SpayVacTM . This reduces handling time from potentially
3-7 hours to get through surgery and recovery, to reversing the sedative
in as little as 20 minutes after capture and tagging.
 We must continue to bait and trap the
deer to administer SpayVacTM for several reasons. Special
permission would still be needed to use a dart rifle in the Village.
Also, US-FDA still requires that the deer need to be identified as an
experimental animal that should not be consumed. This is a concern
in the event of the deer leaving the community to an area that it could be
hunted, or if it were killed in a vehicle accident. Identification
is also important to the ongoing study of the deer behavior, movements,
and monitoring population. Having deer marked reduces the potential
cost of possibly retreating the same doe several times.
 After ten successful surgical
sterilizations in February 2004, we received our first samples of
SpayVacTM and started using it in March. We now have 10
deer injected with SpayVacTM and will continue to trap and
vaccinate female deer during January - April 2005.
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