From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2009-03-09 16:20:12 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Vaccination reactions
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Well, individuals react to components of vaccines
when their bodies confuse those components with
invaders.
Usually, the reaction is pretty specific, but in
something like 28 years with ferrets in the family we
have had one or perhaps 2 who may have been
allergic to some some common aspect in the matrix
the vaccines were in. I know for sure that Meltdown
reacted to all vaccines, but I can't recall about the
other one.
The vast majority never have any allergic reactions to
their vaccines, of course
(...though they can have responses -- which are actually
a good thing. Responses are when an individual feels
sick after a vaccine but does NOT have the allergy symptoms
such as low blood pressure (which can cause passing out),
difficulty breathing, extreme swelling of mucus membranes
(eyes swollen shut, throat closing up...), rapid fluid loss
through intestines (often fast enough that red blood cells
get pulled across the membranes with the fluid), etc. Sometimes
a ferret may show the symptoms of a normal and desired
response to a vaccine (which shows that the immune system
is learning) but then may later have an allergic reaction.
That individual had both, but having a response does not
mean that the ferret will have a reaction, and it does not
mean that the ferret has had a reaction.)
------------------------------------
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:ferrethealth-digest@yahoogroups.com
mailto:ferrethealth-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
ferrethealth-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/