From:
mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2005-05-13 16:27:02 UTC
Subject: RE: Vaccines Reactions
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5596316.1116001622390.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Author wrote:
> I would like to ask this group if most of the reactions seen have come from Purevax or Fervac.
I believe it is is safe to say that Fervac is more likely to cause a reaction, though Merial's Purevax is not 100% safe either.
Dr. Cottrell told me that there is a new study that shows a direct correlation between the lifetime total number of distemper vaccinations and the incidence of reaction. Some vets are moving to a every other year distemper vaccination protocol.
Fewer total vaccinations means a smaller chance of a reaction. Of course this does not mean that there's no chance your ferret will have a reaction if it's only, say, the second time it is receiving the vaccination, because that's just not the case.
mike