http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/vmth/clientinfo/info/genmed/vaccinproto.html
these are the current UC Davis Vet School's vaccination protocols--annual vaccinations are no longer considered neccesary for most conditions/cats. as for rabies, that is determined by locale--if your state or municipality requires annual vaccinations, and you do not have them and something happens, they can confiscate and kill your cats.... if you are doing rescue and are bringing cats whose taste in friends is questionable, then annual boosters of FeLV is probably a valid choice; otherwise, probably unnecessary. phaewyrn, is there any RECENT data about VAS and FeLV vaccine since the early days when the problem was first recognized? i thought that the adjuvant was identified as the probable culprit and a number of companies (merial and schering-plough?) stopped using adjuvants in their vaccines; i also thought that, with the switch to the rotating-leg protocol and the continued incidence of sarcomas that the thinking had shifted to it being more of a soft-tissue injury from multiple insults to the same area than from any specific individual vaccine per se. what are the rate of VAS for FeLV shots given in the legs since that change has been made? On 3/8/07, Debbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
All 14 of our babies seem to be ok after their testing and FELV shots. Does everyone feel like cats should get this vaccine every year???? I have read some controversial stuff on this. These cats do not go outside. Also, how does everyone here feel about getting rabies shots for indoor cats? Our vet keeps talking us into these and I just don't feel like they are that important. Even the other yearly shots they get I often wonder if they are necessary every year. I also wanted to ask about our cat Cassie. She is a gray tabby. She is very high strung. She likes to sit on your lap but if you try to move her she growls and gets nervous. She has lost some weight lately, but she eats good. She also has licked herself bald in a few areas. Any ideas? She tested negative for FELV like the others. I was wondering if there was any good cat vitamins or anything that might help build her up. I really think she is always afraid someone is going to pounce on her so she doesn't eat like she should.
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