>From: "Robyn B. Stephens" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Missing initial distemper shots >I replied to my vet that I had heard and read that a kit needs 3 shots >initially, about 2 weeks apart, and then one annually. My vet said that >wasn't really necessary, but was interested in any info I could acquire on >the subject. You might point your vet at the Fox book on ferret medicine. It has a longish section on CDV. The recommendations from United Vaccines (Fervac-D) is three shots three weeks apart. I would hesitate to recommend the two week interval based on the FOX book's comments on how easily over dosing the vaccine gives a variation of distemper itself. I don't have the Hilyer book in front of me so I can't look up what it says. Does your vet have these two books? They would certainly be a good start. We can provide full titles and publishers if needed. bill and diane killian zen and the art of ferrets http://www.zenferret.com/ mailto:[log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1862]