From:
"mustelidmusk"
Date: 2008-01-25 03:17:56 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Distemper titers - results & question
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Hi,
I had titers on my 4 brats, and I found the results to be rather
interesting...
Three of my brats are the the same age ( 2 litter mates with the
third ferret born 1 week earlier that the other two)
These three were given the "baby series" at appropriate ages.
They then got their boosters at 1 year. I recently skipped thier 2-
year booter, and I did the titer study instead.... these brat al
plled titers that were something like 1:2000+
My fourth brat is about a year and a half younger. He had his baby
shots, and I didn't give him his 1 year boostr. His titers were 1:64.
1:32 is considered to be "protected", but my vet is recommending a
booster some time this year since it's being a bad year for distmper
in our area. (Last year was bad as well.)
Questions:
1. Does anyone have thoughts/experience with 1:32 as adequate
coverage in a wildlife-raccoon-infested area????
2. I know that baby shots plus a 1 year booster, and then a 2-3 year
break without any boosters is an alternatve "protocol" that some
people have been using....has anyone done this and had titers
tested???? If so, what were the titer levels????
3. Has anybody done titer's one year after giving the "baby
series" only? If so, what was the result???
It looks like the 1-year shot made a big difference in the titer
levels, which lends some credibility to the "baby shots plus the1-
year booster" approach. ( Of couse, this assumes that my fourth, big
& wonderfully obnoxious boy has a reasonably decent immune system.)
And, I understand that titers, at any level, do not guarantee
anything.
My brats are late-alters, and I do not do rabies shots at all.
Any information/thoughts/experiences will be greatly apreciated.
Like all of you on this list, I love my brats and I want to do the
absolute best for them.
Many Thanks,
-jennifer
[Moderator's Note: Remember that the exact meaning of the
titer numbers is still not known for ferrets, only suspected
from what they mean in dogs.
See:
http://www.ferret.org/news/07-april-titer_study.html ]
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