From:
daneedv@aol.com
Date: 2002-08-18 05:47:18 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Quick question - ADV testing
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <18733127.1029649638442.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Author wrote:
>> Yes, Danee, you are correct..to a point...but..from my >distant memory of immunology, once an antibody is produced by a >body, it stays, whether or not the cause (virus) is still >present. Is this not how immunization works?
I am not a vet, either, but I think that like everything else,an antibody has a limited lifespan. I do not know what the lifespan is, but if there is just exposure without real infection, the antibodies will eventually go away. That is why we have to give vaccinations each year.
Danee