From:
ferretkrazi
Date: 2001-12-14 15:26:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Are annual vaccinations still necessary?
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "kath0524" <katharine@n...> wrote:
> A couple of years ago, my Lily was undergoing chemo so I didn't get
> her distemper or rabies vaccinations. Her system was compromised
to
> the point that the vaccinations would have been ineffective. I
then
> worried because I do wildlife rehab and occasionally have distemper
> carriers (raccoons) in my house. I addressed this on the FAIML (I
> believe) and Dr. Karen Purcell (I think) said that United Vaccines
> does do titer tests on ferrets so there must be some values out
there
> somewhere. It's been a while but I'm almost positive it was Dr.
> Karen. Please forgive me if I'm wrong. I think the vet would draw
> the blood and send it to United. Maybe Dr. Karen could address
this.
I'm hoping she speaks up. I know she was at the conference in Boston
but I don't believe she was the one who answered my question.
Certainly there have to be levels out there somewhere but I think
it's one of those things that we don't know an exact answer to in
order to use it as comparison. I don't know enough about all of it
to draw conclusions myself, only what was given to me as an answer in
Boston. If there's any place to discuss it, we're here! :)
> At any rate, you might have your vet contact United to see if they
> still do the titer tests.
Tigger reacts so violently that vaccination is not an option even if
he lives another year. I'm going to try the new distemper vaccine
for my other two the next time they are due. Hopefully I won't have
to worry about the titer levels. If they still react, then I'm
certainly going to have to look into it.
Sincerely,
Erin