If your cat has had
prior vaccine reactions, think seriously before having any vaccines administered.
If your dog has had
prior vaccine reactions, think seriously before having any vaccines administered and be sure that your veterinarian jots down the brand name and lot number of the vaccines that have been given.
Not exact matches
Should your pet have
vaccine reactions or written proof that they should not medically receive a
vaccine that our practice requires, please call and speak to a staff member
prior to boarding.
If the dog previously had similar
reactions to other things this might indicate some sort of immune system dysfunction but in that case the
vaccine may have been coincidental to the
reaction if the dog was exposed to whatever caused the
prior episode again around the time of the vaccination.
First, while certainly anyone (ferret, person, or other animal) can have a
reaction to a
vaccine, the incidence of
vaccine reactions has dramatically decreased since newer brands of
vaccine against both rabies and distemper virus have been developed for ferrets and since we started administering a Benadryl injection just
prior to giving the shots.
If the dog previously had similar
reactions to other things this might indicate some sort of immune system dysfunction, but in that case the
vaccine may have been coincidental to the
reaction if a
prior trigger occurred at about the same time.