To Bill and Claire Sebok:
 
>As some of you may recall, one year ago in May our 3 ferrets, Ben, Jerry, and
>Buttercup, were vaccinated against canine distemper with Fervac-D.  Ben and
>Jerry came down with severe anaphylactic reactions.  s I see it, the choice
>of distemper vaccine for Ben and Jerry is Galaxy-D (not recommended for
>ferrets) or nothing.  Which choice should we follow?  DVM's?
 
Bill - yes- Fervac appears to be out of the question.  If they were my ferrets
- I'd go with the Fromm - better than no protection.  Make sure that you spend
at least 30 min. in the clinic after the shot, and have Benn and Jerry loaded
up with antihistamines 15-30 minutes before the shot.
 
        Any protection from distemper is better than no protection at all, and
I have only heard of one potential reaction to Fromm-D so far....
 
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Bruce Williams, DVM, DACVP              Department of Veterinary Pathology
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[Posted in FML issue 1162]