[Jacob-list] Rabies Shot

[Penelope]

Sometime around 06:22 5/16/2006, ACAMDA at aol.com typed:
>The vet was out a few days ago, and we were talking about 
>vaccines.  She suggested that we give everyone in the flock a rabies 
>shot, since we interact with them on a regular basis.  (Morning and 
>evening).  Do any of you give a rabies vaccine?  This doesn't seem 
>to be a Self-promoting suggestion, as she would not necessarily 
>supply either the vaccine or the labor.
>

When we had a goat die of a mysterious illness ten years ago our 
Small Ruminants vet suggested that it could be rabies, and we talked 
about adding rabies vaccines to our standard ones.  After a necropsy, 
it turned out to be the other prime possibility, Listeriosis (sp), 
and we've never opted to vaccinate against rabies.

If there were a lot of cases of rabies in my area, and I felt my 
stock had the same chance of getting exposed as my dogs or cats did, 
I might consider vaccinating against it.  I'd have to look in to milk 
and meat withdrawal times, since half our animals are dairy 
goats.  But I'm very conservative (gosh, I get to say that about 
something!) when it comes to vaccinating, and don't like to add 
additional ones without reason.

peace
penelope


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Penelope Jacob -- ornery, spirited, outspoken & opinionated.
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keeping Jacob Sheep (with horns, of course, and undocked tails) since 1999
keeping dairy goats (with horns) since 1994

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