[Felvtalk] Rabies vaccine

[GRAS]

Sorry, in my haste to write, I made a mistake: I meant VIRGINIA!
They hunters did that in  the late 80s, so the big rabies outbreak in the
East happened in the early 90s, almost all the raccoons were killed, whether
sick or not.

-----Original Message-----
From: felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org
[mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Marcia Baronda
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 12:29 PM
To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Rabies vaccine

Damn hunters!! That makes me sick. And sooo lame.

Sent from my iPad that my most awesome kids surprised me with, Christmas
2010. 

On Jan 5, 2012, at 9:05 AM, GRAS <gras at optonline.net> wrote:

> The Mid-Atlantic strain of rabies was brought to the East by hunters, 
> after destroying local raccoons, wanted more raccoons to kill, so they 
> brought them from Virginal and surrounding states.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org
> [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Marcia
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 9:43 AM
> To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Rabies vaccine
> 
> I just did some reading on rabies and it appears that mice and other 
> rodents don't carry Rabies. Raccoons foxes and bats look to be the 
> heaviest carriers. The East coast, for some reason is the largest 
> region of raccoons carrying rabies!
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jan 4, 2012, at 6:48 PM, <dlgegg at windstream.net> wrote:
> 
>> My vet reccommends evey year, but my guys go outside andbecause I 
>> live in
> th woods, are exposed to raccoon, possum, mice, fox and othes that can 
> pass rabbies on.  I am in a quandry, sort of dmned if I do and i I don't.
>> ---- Lorrie <felinerescue at frontier.com> wrote: 
>>> I'm sure the vets make more money by first giving a 1 year vac.
>>> and then giving the 3 year vac a year later.
>>> 
>>> On 01-04, Maureen Olvey wrote:
>>>>  I  think  I  might  have mentioned it to you guys before but in 
>>>> case I  didn't,  studies have shown that the normal 1 year rabies 
>>>> vaccinations  will  provide immunity for at least 4 years.  
>>>> Interesting huh?  I need  to  check  out  that group again to see 
>>>> if they've found anything else  out  or if it actually last longer 
>>>> than the 4 years even.  I know they  were doing more research studies.
>>>>  Will  most  vets give the 3 year one to a kitten?  Most vets I've 
>>>> been  to  recommend that the kittens get the 1 year vaccination and 
>>>> then the  next  year they get the 3 year one.
>>> 
>>> 
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