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General Forums => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: jenn1981 on May 10, 2010, 12:42:54 PM
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Just thought that I would give everyone a little reminder as camping season is coming.
Alberta had its first case in quite some time of rabies in a house pet at the beginning of April.
It was a cat on a farm in Cremona. It is unknown at this time what type of animal had passed it on to the cat.
As we all love to camp and play out in Waiparous and north of Calgary I just want to pass on a reminder to make sure your pets are vaccinated for Rabies.
Also make sure that if you or anyone you know is bitten by any kind of wildlife it is reported and you seek medical treatment as needed.
Symptoms usually develop between 20 and 60 days after exposure. Rabid animals may become aggressive, combative, and highly sensitive to touch and other kinds of stimulation. And they can be vicious. This is the "furious" form of rabies, the kind traditionally associated with mad dogs.
There is also a "dumb" form of the disease in which the animal is lethargic, weak in one or more limbs, and unable to raise its head or make sounds because its throat and neck muscles are paralyzed. In both kinds of animal rabies, death occurs a few days after symptoms appear, usually from respiratory failure.
Most commonly seen in raccoons and skunks.
As there is no cure for Rabies and it is a very painful way to go....I just wanted to remind everyone to be safe :)
Jenn :)
I will see if I can find a copy of the AVMA mail out that went out to Vet Clinics in Alberta and post it up too :)
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I was just about to say that Pepe la Pue was flirting Pussey La Meow.
Thanks for the heads up Jenn... Charlie just got her shot 3 weeks ago and i'm going in Wed. for Buster and Shadow...
Also if your pooch drinks alot out of mud holes and creeks; get the beaver fever shot also.
...and NO it's not the same fever that Pepe La Pue & XJHERO has ::)....
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Sadly there is no more vaccine for beaver fever (giardia) trouble with manufacturing has put it on back order for ages.
Although we don't see a lot of it in Calgary, fleas, lice and ticks are on the rise too.
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I actually Had a tick land on me while waiting for a light in Beddington with the top down... It had been a few years since the last time I saw one.
I will also quit biting cats in Cremona...... :o
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Beaver fever has been going around calgary lately I think. According to my vet both my dogs caught it even though they were supposed to be vaccinated for beaver fever. They have both been given another vaccination for it so I'm told, took over a month to get rid of it. They caught it from a dog park in the NE, I wonder if some vets are still selling a guardia vaccination and not actually giving one???
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...and here I was thinking Beaver Fever was something COMPLETELY different.... :O
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well the vaccine for giardia isn't 100% effective. Kinda the same as the one for kennel cough. But it usually makes it easier for your pet to get over it.
Another vaccine for giardia when they already have it won't really do anything.
But at least giardia has a cure :)
Typically you get it from contaminated water , but dogs then spread it all over the off leash parks of our city.
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last time i had beaver fever was when basic instinct came out on vhs
(http://www.lakevermilionrealestate.com/images/Beaver%20Fever%20Soda.jpg)
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Oh you make a funny! You made me drop my blackberry!
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Sadly there is no more vaccine for beaver fever (giardia)
My dog got it 3 weeks ago...weird
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hmm...maybe they had old stock of the vaccine
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they prob gave Charlie a placebo
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Good thing Buster's a princess and only likes to drink the water I bring for him. And you thought he was a dumb dog...
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last time i had beaver fever was when basic instinct came out on vhs
(http://www.lakevermilionrealestate.com/images/Beaver%20Fever%20Soda.jpg)
Just about choked on my sandwich LOL ;D
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Jenn1981,
do i have this right? ONE farm cat in Cremona gets rabies and every pet should now get a rabies vaccination?
This cat can not be a house cat as a house cat would never be outside???
Anyways, the Vet i see refuses to give rabies shots every year. He recommends every 2nd or 3rd year as the science is now showing that the vaccination is not needed yearly and may cause more harm than benefit.
As for Giardia? My dogs got it in the first 6 months of life but have never gotten it since (4 and 5 yrs later). They spend lots of time drinking from rivers, streams, puddles etc.
Maybe they have built up a natural immunity over time? i am glad to hear that it is not available as it is not effective. i almost felt bad that i was not doing yearly giardia shots.
Now i don't ;)
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they prob gave Charlie a placebo
I hope not :o
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Spinalguy
Since we have now had a confirmed case of rabies close to home and in an area that a lot of us frequent, I am only recommending that people ensure their pets are current on their rabies vaccination. If you had the choice between a vaccine or a fatal disease which would you pick?
I never stated to go and get a vaccine NOW or else, I just said to make sure they are up to date.
I do not know of any Vets these days that doing annual rabies vaccines. Most vaccine manufactures recommend vaccination the first 2 years in a row, then every 2-3 years depending on the pet. Ideally we could all do vaccine titres to avoid over vaccinating our pets, but it’s not very cost effective in the long run ($200-300 for rabies titre vs the cost of vaccine depending on your clinic)
As far as I know the cat in Cremona was an indoor/outdoor cat. But I have read about cases where strictly indoor pets have been infected by a bat getting into the house. Which I know sounds strange but I have been in an old farmhouse with bats in it.
It seems with giardia some pets are not as susceptible as others. I have been camping with a few dogs and 2 out of 3 got giardia, so I am not really sure how that always works.
Most of the lifestyle vaccines like giardia and kennel cough are not 100%; they just help to improve our chances of not getting the illness.
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Thank you for the info.
i appreciate it. :)
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soooo... i dont have any pets, but can i get rabies from biting a beaver?
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soooo... i dont have any pets, but can i get rabies from biting a beaver?
I think the correct trailer park term for what you'd get is "radies". Either that or a knee in the chops :o
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If you're biting beaver and it can reach your chops with a knee, then you're doing it all wrong ;D
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If you're biting beaver and it can reach your chops with a knee, then you're doing it all wrong ;D
wrong..... or just having twice the fun ;)