Because I did not ask his permission to copy his letter to the lists I am paraphrasing, but the moderators of the FHL and FML have seen his letter, so know that I am being accurate. Ben Hatler, the Director of Operations at Neotech has informed me that there have been no long term serology studies done in ferrets, and that they have not performed the studies needed to made claims for use in ferrets, only in dogs. He was very frank and pleasant, and I let him know him of four good places to inform should such studies take place in the future and have good results: the FML, the FHL, the AFA, and Ferrets Magazine. If memory serves, some ferrets in Dr. Ruth's titer study who had good titer results had Nobivac used. That is a good reason for Nobivac being considered acceptable, but the vaccine made by Neotech, for which such data is lacking is the similarly named Neovac. Note that Nobivac also lacks full testing for ferrets. In past vet posts to the FHL, Nobivac has been named as a good alternative when Purevax is not available, but some people have confused Nobivac and Neovac, not realizing they are different vaccines. Also, there was a recent rumor that Neovac titer studies were done, but that turned out to be false when checked, and Mr. Hatler has now kindly confirmed what multiple vets told me about his product and the needed testing. He appears to be very professional and considerate. His letter impressed me a lot. The false positive rumors in relation to ferrets about his product appear to originate entirely from confused ferret people, and NOT from that company, but thank goodness someone wanted this rumor checked! Like everyone else I will be glad if we can have multiple tested vaccine options in the future, but until then it pays to know what testing exists and what does not. [Posted in FML 8112]