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Hi Jen We give our own vacs and give all of them in the lower leg as far as possible :) They just came out with a new vaccine for leukemia - am checking to see when I can buy them - yippee - it spreads the vaccine out so it can't cause that lump. I give all of mine kitties every year, since

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Hear Hear - what she says - I totally agree! Gloria On Aug 31, 2005, at 8:01 AM, Julie Johnson wrote: Hi Terri, My personal view is that an animal with a chronic disease (be it diabetes or feline leukemia or whatever) does not need the challenge to their immune system that vaccinations p

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Hi Terri,   My personal view is that an animal with a chronic disease (be it diabetes or feline leukemia or whatever) does not need the challenge to their immune system that vaccinations present.     The leukemia vaccine would be of no benefit since they are already presumably positive.   It's more

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That is correct, you do NOT want to give them the leukemia vaccine. It is a pointless injection, and increases their chance of developing a vaccine associated injection site sarcoma. Personally, I don't give FELV vaccines to ANY of my cats, period. I follow the new guidelines that say that every

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ECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terri Durham-Stone Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 10:07 AM To: FELV Talk List Subject: Vacs Hi, I am new to Leukemia, but have 4 kittens (4 months) that have tested pos 2 times now and am wondering, they have had their 1st shots (3-1's) but not wit

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the extra protection from the vaccines.  I chose to give the kitties their first vaccine and first Rabies and no more. Del - Original Message - From: Terri Durham-Stone To: FELV Talk List Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:07 AM Subject: Vacs Hi,  I am new to Leukemia

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Oh, and welcome Terri :) -- Belinda Happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties ... http://www.bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com FeLV Candle Light Service http://www.bemikitties.com/cls HostDesign4U.com (affordable hosting & web d

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I was told by my vet giving a positive the FeLV shot defeats the purpose of the shot, the cat is positive and the shot is useless. So everyone but Bailey, who is my positive gets it, Bailey has never gotten it. -- Belinda Happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties ... http://www.bem

Vacs

Hi, I am new to Leukemia, but have 4 kittens (4 months) that have tested pos 2 times now and am wondering, they have had their 1st shots (3-1's) but not with Leukemia, should they get at least a 4-1 ? I was told "not" to give them the Leukemia. Thank you Terri www.anyfelinerescue.org -- Te