From:
daneedv@aol.com
Date: 2002-09-27 23:56:52 UTC
Subject: RE: Distemper Vaccinations
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <15697411.1033171012534.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Author wrote:
> Sukie is exactly right.
> I'm getting way out of my league here but here's how I >understand it. The first milk from a lactating mother is rich >in antibodies (colostrum). The antibodies are only passed >during the first 24 (may be 48) hours. This is when the >protective antibodies are given to the babies.
I am not saying this is wrong, because I really don't know.
However, I have had 3 different medical professionals tell me that the timing for the earliest tesating of kits for ADV is not based entirely on the age, but also on the time of weaning. Dr. Bloom (from Rocky Mountain Labs), Dr. Stephen (of Avecon) and Dr. Ritchie (at U of GA) have all said that you have to wait until at least 2 weeks after kits have been totally weaned, because before that time, there may be pass through antibodies from the mother's milk. So, based on that, it would seem that some antibodies are passed in the milk.
I do agree, though, that the colostrum has the greatest concentration of antibodies).
Danee