Message Number: SG6374 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Bama1803@aol.com
Date: 2003-10-19 14:01:23 UTC
Subject: Addendum to earlier post regarding bacterial pneumonia
To: ferret-list@cunyvm.cuny.edu, ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <67.1acb8599.2cc3f333@aol.com>

Can a veterinarian tell me if Uma, my ferret that we had to have put down
today, could have contracted the flu from me if I had a flu shot last week? She
had no flu symptoms, but after reading about bacterial pneumonia in ferrets,
it appears that it can follow the flu as a secondary infection. After I got my
shot I did have a headache and felt semi-achy for a few hours. I just wonder
if I would have been contagious to my fuzzies at that time.

Thanks,

Rhea