Message Number: FHL1764 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: Russell Prater
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:05:21 -0500
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Re Vaccines Re: [ferrethealth] Digest Number 837
Thank you, Dr. Ruth. I knew I had a bad feeling about giving the two
vaccines only one week apart or just before a surgery but I didn't have
a good reason for it. You have supplied the reason.
ferrethealer@aol.com wrote:
> **In my opinion, yes, it could be detrimental to the ferret to give the
> vaccines only one week apart, as the body will not have recovered from the immune
> stimulus of the first vaccine before being hit again. If it is absolutely
> necessary to give them that close together, it would actually be preferable to
> give them on the same day (which otherwise should never be done) to allow the
> body to respond to both equally. I actually prefer to separate by three weeks
> rather than two to allow the body more time to regain it's normal balance.
>
> As far as giving them a few days preoperatively, again, the body will be busy
> dealing with the vaccination and then be hit with anesthesia and whatever
> surgery is being performed. Not recomended, and I personally would refuse to do
> a surgery that close to vaccination unless we were talking about a
> life-threatening emergency (blockage, etc).**
>
> Dr. Ruth
Russ
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