From Dr. Ruth Heller:
>In a message dated 11/21/06 8:44:03 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes: Our vet can do titers but
>admitted (last year so things may have changed) that there is
>still not full knowledge of how to interpret titers in this case.
>
>**We do have a pretty comfortable understanding, though, that a
>certain titer level will be considered protective across species
>that are susceptible to canine distemper. I, in association with
>the American Ferret Association, am in the final stages of putting
>together a titer study to determine length of protective titer
>development following vaccination. As soon as all the final details
>of the study are worked out, they will be widely available. With any
>luck, fairly soon we will have more answers as to how often vaccines
>truly are needed, etc.**
>
>Dr. Ruth
>*****************************************
>Save lives - spay or neuter your pet.
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[Posted in FML 5434]