I said: >>... 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. ... Use of Fervac-D is out of the >> question for them. As 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? Dr Williams replied: > 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... > I have only heard of one potential reaction to Fromm-D so far.... I wish I had Fromm-D as option but unfortunately the manufacturer withdrew Fromm-D and replaced it with Galaxy-D, made from a simian cell line. Ben & Jerry had previously been vaccinated with Fromm-D with no ill-effect before the vaccinations with Fervac-D that caused reactions. I was all set to go back to Fromm-D for this year's vaccination before the replacement of Fromm-D with Galaxy-D was reported here in the FML. So I'm afraid the choice remains: Galaxy-D or nothing. I still need to know which choice is better. Or is my information out of date: has Fromm-D been brought back for ferrets? Or would it still be possible to obtain somewhere some old Fromm-D that has not yet expired? -- Bill Sebok [Posted in FML issue 1163]