From:
ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2008-01-25 22:27:28 UTC
Subject: Re Distemper titer questions Re: [ferrethealth] Digest Number 1039
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
In a message dated 01/25/08 5:37:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com writes:
**First of all, remember that no one has established what the protective
titer levels are in ferrets!**
1. Does anyone have thoughts/experience with 1:32 as adequate
coverage in a wildlife-raccoon-coverage in a wil
**A titer of 1:32 is known to be protective in dogs and in the big cats. It
is *LIKELY* to be protective in ferrets, but that is not known for sure.
Personally, I'd booster even a dog with a titer of 1:32 in an area where there was
a lot of distemper.
My personal opinion is that a titer of 1:64 is a safer cut-off point at this
time for ferrets.**
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????
**Insufficient data yet, as far as my study is concerned.**
3. Has anybody done titer's one year after giving the "baby
series" only? If so, what was the result???
**Again, insufficient data for a full answer. I can tell you that I have
personal ferrets that I've done this with and some of them have had great titers
(200 plus) and only one so far has had a low titer.**
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.
**Absolutely. Unfortunately, we are just in the early stages of getting the
data needed to answer these questions, so the bottom line is you and your vet
still have to assess individual risk and vaccinate or not based on that.**
Dr. Ruth
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