From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2006-02-02 21:23:14 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] I wonder if this may be a route to reducing ferret vaccination reactions
To: ferret-list@cunyvm.cuny.edu, ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Would reducing amount have that effect?
Sections from an AFP article (author name not noted in their release)
>team at the University of British Columbian in Vancouver...
>... led by Wilfred Jefferies found standard doses could be reduced
100-fold and still be >safe by adding...
>... [an] immune system molecule... added at low doses to vaccines
and injected into >mice exposed to rabies, measles and smallpox, an
immune response kicked in to >protect them from the infections.
>The so-called TAP molecules deliver peptides inside cells from the
body's immune >system or vaccines. If the transporter is switched
off, as in cancerous cells, disease >fighters cannot be moved where
they need to go within the cell to do their job.
>The results of the seven-year study, co-authored by Timothy
Vitalis, were published in >a recent issue of the American journal
Public Library of Science Pathogens based in >San Francisco.
Public Library of Science articles are available to all so I found
the URL of the actual article to help health professionals here and
others who are interested:
<http://pathogens.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-
document&doi=10%2E1371%2Fjournal%2Eppat%2E0010036>
Of course, the vast majority of ferrets never react to vaccines and
almost all who do have severe reactions survive without problems
other than having a known allergy thanks to prompt use of epi and
other needed care. Still, if that rate could be gotten lower, so
much the better, because Canine Distemper and Rabies are truly
horrible tragedies, so vaccines play a large part in maintaining
ferret health.
-- Sukie (not a vet)
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An OT P.S. to avoid worry: Yes, that bad fire was in a neighboring
condo building, but luckily no one was hurt, and there was no danger
here. (It is so strange to see helicopter footage of one's
neighborhood. There were 5 fire departments here and four
ambulances. That is a very hard way for people here to learn that
the fireplaces here are not made for fires large enough to heat a
room, and that fireplace chimneys need very regular cleaning. So,
anyone who sees our street on the news -- it's not us. The phone has
been ringing off the hook ever since the fire footage made the news.)
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