Possible impending shortage (hopefully, only temporary but it is not
possible to be sure right now):
This is not unexpected. Merial has been caught up in a sale and resale
situation, and some product lines may be temporarily gone. The scary
part is that some may be permanently gone and I don't know any way
currently to check on that, but there SHOULD be pushes by all ferret
organizations to keep the essential products like IMRAB 3.
*****IMRAB 3 is the ONLY rabies vaccine tested so far which works for
at least a year on ferrets with minimal side effects so if that goes
away ferret lose their protected status in the Compendium for Animal
Rabies Control and a second viable rabies vaccine needs to be found
which can only be done at a few specialized labs and will be costly,
but perhaps the ferret community should press for and pay for that,
anyway, even if IMRAB 3 does not go away.*****
In the last couple of years SEVERAL veterinary pharmaceuticals have
changed hands and in some cases certain product lines have been sold
piecemeal to other companies if there is a buyer.
So, AFA OFFICERS, FERRET CLUB OFFICERS, VETS, etc.:
Your messages to Merial to keep IMRAB 3 and to keep Purevax CDV
vaccine for ferrets ARE ESSENTIAL RIGHT NOW.
Look up
Merial or Merck
in the message body box (other boxes can be left empty) in
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
Watch in
http://www.animalpharmnews.com/home/
too
See
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL11092
Merial:
http://www.merial.com/
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/http://ferrethealth.org/archive/http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.htmlhttp://www.miamiferret.org/http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/http://www.ferretcongress.org/http://www.trifl.org/index.shtmlhttp://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
all ferret topics:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html
"All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow."
(2010, Steve Crandall)
[Posted in FML 6680]
