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- From: kjt34420@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kristin J. Thommes)
- Subject: Re: Rabies (was raccoons and dogs :( )
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:46:11 GMT
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- "Susan R. Wagner" <sw39+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
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- >Ok, just how often are rabies vaccinations supposed to be updated. The
- >expiration dates can vary (?) from 1 to 3 years, right? So far, Jester
- >has received one every year he has been alive and he is an indoor cat.
- >Is this to much? Or is this just right> Any help is appreciated.
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- There are 2 different rabies vaccines available for use in domestic animals.
- One is a one-year vaccine (needs a booster annually), and the other is a 3-yr
- vaccine which needs to have a booster every 3 years. However, if you live on
- the east coast in the areas where there is a rabies epidemic in the wildlife
- (e.g. New Jersey), you get the 3-year vaccine but they tell you to have a
- booster in 2 years.
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- As far as which is better....well, the 3-year vaccine has better compliance
- from owners (if alll they want is for their pet to have the rabies vaccine,
- they don't need to return to the vet for 3 more years....believe me there are
- plenty of people who think like this out there!). BUT, the 3-year vaccine
- is given intramuscularly, and there are more cases of adverse reactions to
- that vaccine. Animals are just more likely to get sore in the leg it was
- given in. The one-year vaccine doesnt seem to cause as many problems in
- terms of reactions, and it can be given IM or subcutaneously. The only
- problem with the sub-Q vaccine is that in recent years there have been
- a few cases of animals getting fibromas (I =think= this was the tumor type)
- in the area where the sub-Q vaccine was given. Some hypothesize a link
- between the irritation of the vaccine given sub-Q to the animals getting the
- tumor.
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- I know I read an article about this somewhere...if I can come up with the exact
- reference I will post it and you can read it for yourselves.
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- I think most people go woth the one-year vaccine because since the other
- vaccines are due every year, it's just as easy to get one more injection at the
- same time. As far as efficacy goes, I think the 3 as well as the one year vacc
- works just as well at preventing rabies within it's time limit.
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