From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2001-12-14 13:00:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Are annual vaccinations still
necessary?
Caitlyn Martin wrote:
> In the case of rabies it's really cut and dry: the chance of your
> ferrets contracting rabies is close to nil. What you are protecting them
> from is someone claiming that your ferrets bit them. If they are not
> current on their rabies vaccines they will be killed and tested.
> Considering that people have called play nips or scratches "bites", I
> wouldn't risk it with mine.
The procedure recommended in the Rabies Compendium for a bite by a
healthy appearing ferret is to quarentine the ferret for 10 days and
watch him. If he doesn't get sick in the 10 days, he was not sheding
rabies virus at the time of the bite. The actual procedure that is
followed is a matter of local and state law and like you, I recommend
vaccination annually.
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