For those of you who have experienced a reaction to any vaccination,
please read  "Your Ferret and Anaphylactic Shock"
(http://www.acmeferret.com/infobank/anaphyl.htm) by Dr. Jean Wardell
DVM, a genuine ferret expert.
 
Among other observations, she says, "First, if the antigen-antibody
reaction occurs in the walls of the blood vessels or the muscle of the
heart, direct damage to these structures may result." Please, PLEASE
monitor your ferret for heart problems after a severe reaction.
 
An overview of heart disease is at the Miami Ferret Assn. Health Care
website (http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/cardiomyopathy.htm).
 
    -Carla
[Posted in FML issue 2993]