From:
Georgia
Date: 2001-05-14 18:24:00 UTC
Subject: Re: vaccine question for the vets please
In all my past experience, the shots are given in the hind leg sub-c.
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Steph" <rumtum99@s...> wrote:
> My understanding that they are given in the hind leg, so that if
there is any sign of cancer due to the vaccine the whole leg can be
amputated.
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> From: deena
> To: Ferret-Health-list@y...
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 8:57 AM
> Subject: [Ferret-Health-list] vaccine question for the vets please
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> My vet prefers to give vaccinations in the scruff because she
feels that
> injections given in the muscle have more chance of a reaction
than those
> injected under the skin.
>
> I have read that there is less of a chance of a reaction if
vaccines are
> given in the hind leg, instead of in the scruff. When given in
the hind leg,
> is the injection given S.C. or I.M?
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