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friesian@zoocrewphoto.com - 28 Feb 2005 07:50 GMT

I've got a questions about vaccinations and boosters.

When I took Jay Jay in for the diarrhea problem, the vet looked at my
records from the shelter (handwritten, copied from the records the
shelter lady had).

They said that Jay Jay needs boosters for FVRCP and FELV.

Years ago, when I let the vaccinations lapse, they told me I had to
start over, and that meant boosters. So, I was surprised when the
shelter lady didn't mention boosters for those, just that the rabies
would only ast one year.

After hearing from the vet, I emailed the shelter, and they said he
didn't need any boosters. "Since he is an adult he will only need
yearly vaccinations except for rabies."

So, I am not sure which is correct. If an adult cat has lapsed on
vaccinations or is a stray, do they give the same starter vaccination
with booster required? Is it different than the the standard yearly
vaccination?

If he is not supposed to get boosters, and gets them anyway, will it do
any harm? I have no problem with going ahead with them, as long as it
isn't too much. He had the vaccinations on 2/3/05.

Thanks.

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Rhonda - 02 Mar 2005 04:16 GMT

Hi there,

When they get the distemper pack (usually comes with the respiratory
virus vaccinations included,) they have to get a booster within a
certain amount of weeks, or start over. I believe it is about 4-6 weeks.
After that, some say yearly -- but there are lots of discussions and
studies that say vaccines last longer than 1 year. It is even possible
that they can be over-vaccinated if they get them every year.

Our cats are inside cats, and after the initial distemper, we are having
them vaccinated about every 3 years. They did initially get a rabies
vaccine, but our county does not require it and we will probably not get
any more.

Felv, etc., we don't get at all, because they are inside. If you do get
Felv, read up about live vaccines vs. killed vaccines. It's been awhile
since I've read about them, but I believe it's the killed vaccines that
have been linked to cancer at the point of injection.

Do some google searches, and talk to your vet to decide the best
schedule for your cat. Our vet believes in general about every 3 years
is a good schedule for distemper.

Good luck,

Rhonda

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