Cassandra
My vet thinks that many of the health problems that both cats and dogs
are facing is the result of
over vaccination. I would not vaccinate such young cats, and I would
research the Felk vaccine before
I would ever consider it for basically indoor cats. The Felk
vaccination is still controversial and vets at
the University of Penn do not consider it safe.
Google "over vaccination of dogs and cats" and check out the published
research by the University
of Colorado and Penn, and Dr Ronald Schultz and Dr. Jean Dodds.
Jane
On Jul 31, 2007, at 5:16 PM, HIDEYO YAMAMOTO wrote:
Felv vaccination is NOT standard - my vet never recommend to kitties
who are low risk as Felk vaccines will have a potential side effects
-- and do not give all the vaccines simultaneoulsy, it's too much for
a kitten, and always use killed vaccines and not modifies version.
It's standard -- it's easy money generating thing for a vet clinic -
If a kitty goes outside, felk vaccine is considerend, but I hope you
will wait a little longer - to give it to them.. also, need to give it
separately from the time you give other vaccines --
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Dubose
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: Vaccinating kittens of unknown status against FeLV?
I would always test prior to vaccinating.
But that is just me.
Susan J. DuBose >^..^<
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----- Original Message -----
From: C & J
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 2:55 PM
Subject: Vaccinating kittens of unknown status against FeLV?
I adopted two kittens from a farm who are 8 weeks old right now.
They are scheduled to go in for their vaccinations at 10 weeks, and
the clinic mentioned that the FeLV vaccination is standard now. I
asked if they should be tested first to make sure they don't have
FeLV, and they said it didn't matter.
I am wondering what your opinions are on this. I don't know if
these kittens have ever been exposed, but I do know that 10 weeks is
too soon to reliably test for the virus. Is it safe to go ahead and
vaccinate, not knowing if they are infected or not?
I'm not even positive I want that vaccine, but it may be a good
idea. The kittens will eventually be able to go outside in
chain-link enclosure that we've built, so it is unlikely they will
have contact with other cats, but its always possible some contact
could occur through the fence. We live outside of the city now, but
there are a few cats belonging to neighbours that wander through
from time to time (they mostly stay out of the yard due to our dog).
Cassandra
