To the Japanese vet in Japan: I am a Japanese residing in US, and know how the vaccine status in Japan right now is. One of the animal magazine had contacted me to write articles for them -- which I don't know if I am still doing it or not-- and I have been contacting several vaccine companies in US. As far as I know, at this point the only "safe" ferret vaccine available in Japan is Solvay galaxy 2dp. (galaxy-D). The vaccine however is not approaved for ferrets as many people know, but many people here do use it and so far, no problem. translated in Japanese: watashi wa America ni sunceiru nihonjin de kono seenen hodo Ferret no koto o benkyou siteimasu. Nihon de ferret yoo no vaccine ga teni hairinikui koto wa yoku shitte ismasu. America no vaccine gaisha ni toriawaseta tokoro ima nihon de teni hairu America de ferret ni tsukawarete iru Distemper no chuusha wa Solvay gaisha san no "galaxy 2dp" (mata wa "galaxy-D" tomo yobareteiru ) chusha desu. Keredomo kono chuusha wa mada ferret you niwa mitomerarete naku, kaisha kara wa ferret ni tsukau nowa dooka to iwarete imasu ga, ima America ni aru ferret yoo no "Fer Vac-D" yori wa arerugii hannooo ga sukunai no de heeki daroo to iwarete takusan no America jin no kata tachi ga tsukattte imasuga imano tokoro zen zen warui hanashi wa kikmasen. desukara nihon de ferret ni imamade tsukawareta koto no nai chuusha yori wa anzen to omowaremasu. Zan nen nagara, Fer Vac -D (ferret senyoo) wa Nihon no seekan ga kibishii tame to nihon ga takai okane o seekyuu surutame ni Nihon niwa mada yushutsu wa dekinai soo desu. (Nihon de mada donokurai chuusha o kau hito ga iruka wakaranai tame ni UNited Vaccines -- fervac o tsukutte iru kaisha-- wa jibun tachi ga waza waza yushutsu dekiru yooni okane o dashitemo chanto sono bun nihon de no uriage ga oitsuku ka dooka wakaranai node moo sukoshi yoosu o minakereba okurenai soodesu.) Moshi motto ferret ni kanshite goshitsumon ga aruyoo nara, [log in to unmask] ni gorenraku kudasai. well... sorry everyone for writing in strange language : ) but since he (she?) had said s/he didn't speak english well, I wanted to explain in Japanese. Yes, solvay galaxy-D is available in Japan. I do have the number for the Solvay vaccine company in Japanese location. If you do want to get the number for Solvay in Japan, please E mail me at [log in to unmask] OR you can call the Solvay and ask them yourself : ) (I dont' have the number off hand right now.) good luck to every ferret lovers in Japan FP (once again, I am just an individual FerretPaw and do not have anything with the Ferret Paws rescue in PA. I'm sorry.. but I just couldn't change my screeen name....) [Posted in FML issue 1189]