This is all so confusing. I know that at Animal Trustees of Austin (city-subsidized vaccination place - I get my combo tests there because at $16 they are the cheapest, but I get my vaccinations from my vet because he charges me the same they do) they told me that the one year had fewer additives and the 3 year actually carried more risk of injection site sarcinoma because it had more additives in it to make it effective for 3 years. Therefore they do not give the 3 year there.
I have to have mine vaccinated for rabies yearly because I have so many. We do not have a legal limit here but city law is that they must be vaccinated against rabies and licensed with the city, so if anyone ever complains I need to have my ducks in a row, because they will check and make sure each cat over 4 months is both vaccinated and registered. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, July 10, 2006 4:26 pm Subject: Re: OT-Rabies Vaccine To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Hi Roxane, > > One of the clinics here in NJ is also going to a one year rabies > vaccine - > I asked them in particular why, and they said it's a slightly > differentvaccine, one that uses a different adjuvant (delivery > liquid), and that it > has a shorter immunity duration. Since they are not my primary > vet (only > my emergency clinic) I did not push it, but if you want I can find out > more about it. > > Kat (Mew Jersey) > > > On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Roxane Baldwin wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:17:34 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Roxane Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Subject: OT-Rabies Vaccine > > > > I just had an upsetting phone call with my vets office. They > are going from a 2 years rabies vaccine to a annual rabies vaccine > for cats, it is now 3 years for dogs. I thought that there was > only one type of rabies vaccine and it was a 3 year shot. > > With the study that Jean Dodds is trying to put together, I > would think that vet offices would wake-up to the dangers of over > vaccinating.> Does anyone know if this annual vaccination is a > new standard for felines or is this just my vet? > > I'm sorry this is OT but with a canine with an auto-immune > disorder because a vet over vaccinated her, I get very upset when > they tell me I need to vaccinate more. > > > > > > Roxane, > > Horton, Iowa > > > > --------------------------------- > > Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. >
