From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2002-01-21 22:46:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: Distemper and Rabies
daneedv wrote:
> Having the distemper and rabies vaccinations given several weeks
> apart can help lower the risk of a reaction. Also, pretreating with
> benedryl can help. There is a new distemper vaccine that has a much
> lower incidence of severe reaction that is made by Merial, and you
> may want to ask your vet to get it to use, rather then Fervac.
Last year we gave Booger both shots at once and he reacted mildly. This
year we seperated the shots and gave him the Merial Purevax Distemper
with no problem. Two weeks we went back for his rabies shot and I
pretreated him with benadryl before the shot. He reacted rather
violently with much vomiting which began about 5 minutes after he got
the shot.
His vet says he will send a letter to the health dept which will excuse
him from having to get the rabies shot again.
--
Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
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