Re: [Felvtalk] Rabies vaccine

2012-01-06 Thread Maureen Olvey
Also, there's that group that is doing the research about how long a rabies vaccine is actually good for. Their website has lots of info too like about the rodents not carrying rabies and why. It also talks about things like that the rabies virus can be in an animal's system for months but

Re: [Felvtalk] Rabies vaccine

2012-01-06 Thread Maureen Olvey
What's funny is only a very very small population of the animals actually have rabies. The Bat Conservation website said that less than 1% of bats are actually carrying the virus at any one time. Course rabies is fatal and there is no cure or treatment once the virus is past a certain point

Re: [Felvtalk] Hunters

2012-01-06 Thread Lorrie
On 01-05, Marcia Baronda wrote: That infuriates me. Such a waste of life! Sometimes I think the wildlife should be armed! I agree with you on that one. I detest hunters! Lorrie ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org

Re: [Felvtalk] Rabies vaccine

2012-01-06 Thread Lorrie
Where we live, in the mountains of WV, they drop bait from low flying aircraft. This is oral rabies vaccine for the raccoons to eat. They haven't done this for several years, but did at one time. I have no idea how sucessful it was. Lorrie On 01-05, MaiMaiPG wrote: According to Fish and

Re: [Felvtalk] Rabies vaccine

2012-01-06 Thread Marcia Baronda
I'm going to look for that website. Knowledge is power, isn't it? That's why I am here(: the CDC has some info too. I have Dr Don Hamiltons book on Homeopathy. And a couple other homeopathic books. They all say that the rabies vaccine lasts for quite a good while, along with paneleukopenia