Comments on: Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Vaccine http://tasmiya.com/index.php/2005/03/06/feline-immunodeficiency-virus-vaccine/ No one of consequence Thu, 01 Aug 2013 03:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pat http://tasmiya.com/index.php/2005/03/06/feline-immunodeficiency-virus-vaccine/comment-page-1/#comment-4277 Pat Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:41:13 +0000 http://tasmiya.com/?p=62#comment-4277 The vaccine only covers specific clades, and it is very hard to find labs that will establish what clades you are dealing with, as in our case where we took a positive, and neuron damaged cat into our home. According to the following study, the clades covered in the vaccine are not in our area, so are useless to the rest of our cats. http://www.bentham.org/chivr1-1/burkhard/burkhard.htm If the cat is not aggressive, and resides with other non aggressive cats, it can live naturally with other cats, with no problem, but will be vulnerable to opportunistic diseases if the cats are allowed outdoors. I don't have the site handy, however, the AVMA has come out with a statement suggesting the vaccine should not be used, and Marvistavet, which is a reliable internet source of information, had the following statement up on their site long before the AVMA took a stand. http://www.marvistavet.com/html/fiv_vaccine.html The vaccine only covers specific clades, and it is very hard to find labs that will establish what clades you are dealing with, as in our case where we took a positive, and neuron damaged cat into our home. According to the following study, the clades covered in the vaccine are not in our area, so are useless to the rest of our cats.

http://www.bentham.org/chivr1-1/burkhard/burkhard.htm

If the cat is not aggressive, and resides with other non aggressive cats, it can live naturally with other cats, with no problem, but will be vulnerable to opportunistic diseases if the cats are allowed outdoors.

I don’t have the site handy, however, the AVMA has come out with a statement suggesting the vaccine should not be used, and Marvistavet, which is a reliable internet source of information, had the following statement up on their site long before the AVMA took a stand. http://www.marvistavet.com/html/fiv_vaccine.html

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