Message Number: SG2238 | New FHL Archives Search
From: "Cindy Sooy"
Date: 2002-11-15 17:27:50 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] 1 in 1000?
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-ID: <002701c28ccc$53816080$56473b41@pavilion>

I was just going through the proceedings from last year's AFA ferret
symposium that was held in Boston. In an article written by Dr. Karen
Purcell, she stated that 1% is what is usually stated in the literature, but
looking over her records for the year 2000 she vaccinated 73 ferrets with
Fervac-D and 8 had reactions which is 11%. She also says that out of 61
vaccines with Imrab-3, 2 reacted which is a 3% reaction rate. From my own
experience and from reading these lists and talking to other ferret owners I
think these % sound right. I know there have been too many reactions to
Fervac-D as far as I am concerned. I have had no problems so far with the
new Purevax.