To Melanie Pacella: >Is this [SK] distemper vaccine okay to use or should they be using >either Fromm-D or Fervac-D annually? Melanie - chances are that your ferrets won't suffer any ill effects from this vaccine - as I reall, it is a chicken embryo cell line. As we have said many times before on the FML - it is the ferret cell line vaccines that can result in a case of distemper in vaccinated ferrets, but ferret cell-derived vaccines are very difficult to find these days. However, it is inappropriate, as Fervac-D is approved for ferrets, and probably is the one that should be the vet's first choice. Also, if you have these questions - don't get the shots. This is a question that should be brought up with your vet before he gives the shots, not as an afterthought. Luckily, there's no danger here - but make sure your vet explains EVERYTHING he's going to do to your pet before he does it. If you're not sure, wait and get it done in a few days, after you have checked it out... In Aberdeen try John Moffa at the Aberdeen Veterinary Clinic. And you're only about an hour away from Dr. Charlie Weiss, one of our contributing vets here at the FML.... -- Bruce Williams, DVM, DACVP Department of Veterinary Pathology [log in to unmask] Armed Forces Institute of Pathology [log in to unmask] Washington, D.C. 20306-6000 (202) 782-2600/2602 [Posted in FML issue 1182]