Comments | christinemis: Argh. Have to do veterinary research.

christinemis

Argh. Have to do veterinary research.

Aug 12, 2009 15:39

I took the cats in for their yearly check up today ( Read more... )

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helen99 August 13 2009, 17:59:35 UTC

The three-year caused sarcomas?? Geeze!

christinemis August 13 2009, 20:33:23 UTC

Sometimes, apparently.
The link in the next response down
http://maxshouse.com/vaccine_protocols.htm
is a good one.

aineotter August 13 2009, 18:43:42 UTC

Sounds like they're using the new recombinant rabies vaccine; it lacks the adjuvant that is implicated in vaccine associated sarcomas, and it's only approved for 1 year (at the moment anyway). It's plausible (likely even), but actually not proven that the new recombinant vaccine is less likely to be associated with sarcomas; it just hasn't been around long enough to know ( ... )

christinemis August 13 2009, 20:32:12 UTC

Coincidentally, that is the same webpage I found when I looked yesterday.

I concluded that I wished I'd heard of this earlier so I could have skipped a lot of unexpected "WHAT!?"s. Oh well.

Judging from that document, my cats should be fine as far as vaccination for feline panleukopenia.

However, now I have to decide if I should revaccinate 14 year old indoor cats for feline viral rhinotracheitis and feline calicivirus. Their last booster was 3 years ago, but before that they had been getting the yearly.

Yarg. I don't even know if I can get those two separate from the panleukopenia from my vet.

I'll think about it. Ashke needs a dental sometime anyway.

aineotter August 13 2009, 20:40:29 UTC

I would (I do vaccinate my 14 year old kitty) especially if you have contact with any other cats, because you can bring viruses in on your hands or clothes (though they'd have to still be damp) but also on the off chance that they got outside and met another cat. There really is a high prevelance of all 3) of those diseases in cats in this country, and it'd be rough on an older cat to get them. The good news is that none of those vaccines are associated with sarcomas.