http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/message/1336 >In a message dated 02/23/07 7:55:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: >also why if the funding could be arranged it would be great to have >studies to know how long specific vaccines are good for beyond a year >in ferrets (as opposed to in other species) so that they could be >given less often. > >**This seems an opportune cue to post that, in cooperation with the >American Ferret Association, I am beginning to collect data on canine >distemper titers following vaccination in order to establish how long >elevated titers persist in ferrets. Hopefully we will be able to prove >that titers persist for lengthy periods of time. Preliminary data >suggests persistence for at least three years so far, but much more >data is needed to be statistically meaningful. If you or your vet is >interested in participating in this, the *vet* needs to contact me >with an address to which study forms can be sent, along with an >explanation of the study procedure and needed data for each individual. > >Requests for forms can be emailed to me at this address (ferrethealer >at aol.com) or mailed to my hospital at: > > Ruth L. Heller, DVM > Borderbrook Animal Hospital > 3741 William Penn Highway > Murrysville, PA 15668 > >Donations to help support the study can be sent to the AFA earmarked >for the Mongo Memorial Canine Distemper Virus Titer Study. Mongo was >a gorgeous big beautiful sable male of mine that I lost to an acute >respiratory collapse following his distemper vaccine - he was in >respiratory arrest within thirty seconds of getting the vaccine, with >no prior history of reaction and having been pretreated with Benadryl. >My goal and hope for this study is to establish durations of immunity >that will minimize the chance of that happening to any other ferret >in the future. > >Dr. Ruth >***************************************** >Save lives - spay or neuter your pet. brought to the FML by FHL co-moderator Sukie (not a vet) Current FHL address: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 5528]