[Felvtalk] Rabies vaccine

[Marcia Baronda]

Oh, Thank you for the info. I'm going to do some reading on this(-:

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On Jan 5, 2012, at 11:31 AM, GRAS <gras at optonline.net> wrote:

> 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!
>> 
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>> 
>> 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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