Fwd: [Jacob-list] Rabies?

[Dave & Katrina]

Are rabies simply more of a problem in some areas?  I have never met a
sheep breeder around here (at least that I am aware of)that vaccinated for
rabies. To be honest, I kind of chuckled the first time I heard of it. 
Maybe I am just out of it or was raised by a mother who was
vaccine-suspicious.  
Katrina Lefever, Chicory Lane Farm
Hanover, PA

> [Original Message]
> From: Katherine Wisor <creeksendfarm at mac.com>
> To: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
 > Date: 9/13/02 4:21:23 PM
> Subject: Fwd: [Jacob-list] Rabies?
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> > From: katherine wisor <wisor at mac.com>
> > Date: Fri Sep 13, 2002  4:17:07 PM US/Eastern
> > To: jacob-list-request at jacobsheep.com
> > Subject: Fwd: [Jacob-list] Rabies?
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> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
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> >> From: Katherine Wisor <creeksendfarm at mac.com>
> >> Date: Fri Sep 13, 2002  4:11:12 PM US/Eastern
> >> To: Susan Nielsen <snielsen at orednet.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Rabies?
> >>
> >> It hard for me to see the similarity between a vaccine and and  
> >> "anti"biotic (used to treat infection)  Bacteria can became resistant  
> >> to any treatment used to kill it .  It just builds new defenses as it  
> >> were. A vaccine builds antibodies within the body to prevent  
> >> infection,  antibiotics kill an bacteria thats already invaded.   If  
> >> you're giving the immune system something to fight off a viral  
> >> infection before the introduction of the virus it would seem  
> >> impossible to have have TOO MUCH protection.  It really isn't the  
> >> same.  Baiting has been done in the north in areas where rabies cases  
> >> have have been out of control.   Studies over 10 years have proven  
> >> the  effectiveness of baiting.  The cost is approx. 34 cents per  
> >> bait.  I have been trying for sometime here in Charlotte, NC. to get  
> >> someone to listen to the stats.   How can this not be safer than have  
> >> even one child be bitten by a rabid animal?   The cost I saw someone  
> >> had spent seem much lower than The $1000. + I've heard it cost  
> >> without insurance. Go  
> >> www.gis.queensu.ca/reporter/rabies-conference/biglerny.html  or  look  
> >> under "raccoon rabies" check the sites .  I hope this made sense to  
> >> non medical people.  Maybe it just's a "Kathey " and "Katherine"   
> >> thing .  Kathey thanks for bring it up !   K  On Friday, September  
> >> 13, 2002, at 01:08 PM, Susan Nielsen wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 ACAMDA at aol.com wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> As for all the wild critters, rabies vaccinations are available in  
> >>>> "bait"
> >>>> form for areas that have a high incidence of rabies.  You drop it  
> >>>> in rural
> >>>> areas and the animals eat it and take in the vaccine.
> >>>
> >>> Boy, gee. This is not directed at Kathey personally (really, it is  
> >>> not:
> >>> no flames here), but perhaps to any vet or agency that would suggest  
> >>> such
> >>> a practice, and to those of us who might consider it. It sounds like  
> >>> a
> >>> recipe for growing vaccine resistant rabies. Since no one can know  
> >>> what
> >>> dosage is taken by wild animals consuming bait, I would hope the  
> >>> practice
> >>> is rare.
> >>>
> >>> Among beekeepers it used to be common practice to feed Terramyacin
> >>> in sugar-laced grease patties as a prophilactic against a condition
> >>> called Foul Brood. It was done regularly, ritually, as part of the
> >>> annual round a management practices, whether or not any of the hives
> >>> had a Foul Brood infection. The condition now is that much Foul Brood
> >>> is resistant to Terramyacin, leaving us to return to the old method
> >>> of treatment: burn the hives, burn the equipment, burn it all.
> >>>
> >>> I would really, really hate to see rabies arrive at a state like
> >>> that. Foul Brood in bees is not going to kill anyone except the bees
> >>> (we won't go into pollination losses). Treatment resistant rabies,
> >>> on the other hand, is a horrifying possibility.
> >>>
> >>> Susan
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