From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2004-03-06 17:29:28 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Re: Vaccine reactions
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <BAY15-F37ZucsyE6QTV000239e7@hotmail.com>
I have still had a few with the purvax, 1 or 2 severe but most others are
far milder. I agree Separating the vac's will not prevent a reaction,
however if the ferret is likely to react to b oth vac'c they the likelihood
of a more sever reaction may occur which is why it is a good idea to
separate and yes it also helps you know which they are reacting too and if
it is both. Just my experience Jerry. We all see different things so I
thought I would mention it.
Dr. Sue
>From: AFERRETVET@cs.com
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Vaccine reactions
>Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 11:44:16 EST
>
>Hi everybody,
>A lot of the post have mentioned separating the
>vaccines by 1-2 weeks "to prevent" reactions.
>Unfortunately that will not prevent reactions! It will
>just tell you which vaccine they are reacting too.
>Plus in a semi-recent article from the U of Georgia,
>both the rabies vaccine and the (Fervac-d) distemper
>had roughly the same reaction rate if giving together.
>or when they are giving by themself. The new Merial
>Purevax distemper vaccine has a lower reaction rate
>and a much lower rate of the severe reactions.
>I have not seen a severe reaction since changing to
>the Merial Purevax-distemper vaccine!!
>As far as pretreating to prevent a vaccine reaction,
>the owner can give liquid beneadryl roughly 30 minutes
>prior to the vaccine. However if the ferret has had a vaccine
>reaction previously then check to see which distemper vaccine
>was used. Obviously change to the Merial Purevax distemper
>if either Fervac-d or Galaxy-d was used previously. If it was
>just a mild reaction then merely changing to Purevax may
>solve the problem, but it would be a good thing to give Benadryl
>to be safe. However if it was a moderate to severe reaction then
>I use cortisone prior to the vaccine to prevent a reaction.
>No, the cortisone will not prevent a immune response to the
>vaccine, but it does prevent the vaccine allergic reaction.
>Remember dogs, cats, and even humans have vaccine reactions.
>Unfortunately ferrets do have a higher rate of vaccine reactions
>(roughly 5% in the U of Georgia article).
>Hope that helps,
>Jerry Murray, DVM
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