PET Passport Scheme axe???

Re: PET Passport Scheme axe???

chris beasley — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:14:32 GMT

We are usuing Nobivac Rabies and have used the same vacc with a three week blood test for over 3 years. As far as I can remeber we have had 2-3 over titre failures, but all were in young animals.

This the lab tells me can occur.

The batch numbers on our last 8 cases are all the same in cats and dogs and the other six have passed.

Re: PET Passport Scheme axe???

Anonymous — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:06:22 GMT

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Ooh, not sure then. May be worth asking one of the lab dudes if they have experienced this before and have any suggestions?

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would it also help to speak to the vaccine manufacturer to see if this is something that is likely with the Sub cut vs. I/M?

Re: PET Passport Scheme axe???

Sal the 1st — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:00:41 GMT

which rabies vaccine are you using? the reason I ask is that I have encountered few vaccine 'failures' at different places - one of the main reasons for failure was the blood tests not being taken at the right time for the relevant vaccine. I know one of the vaccines has a much shorter time between vax and bloods than the other and have seen this cause a few upsets ( might be wrong but I think it was the vaccine that was made by Scherring and it wasnt a fault of the vaccine just the bloods werent taken as per manufacturers instructions). But if you have been using the same vax protocol for a while with just these two failures ???

Was it a new batch at all for these two cats? or have others been given the same batch and 'passed'

Re: PET Passport Scheme axe???

Caro Laithwaite VN — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:40:29 GMT

lab and vaccine company they may be willing to sponser a free jab to get the cover.

Re: PET Passport Scheme axe???

chris beasley — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:59:55 GMT

Will do, thanks

Re: PET Passport Scheme axe???

Dippy — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:58:39 GMT

Ooh, not sure then. May be worth asking one of the lab dudes if they have experienced this before and have any suggestions?

Re: PET Passport Scheme axe???

chris beasley — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:52:21 GMT

Yes . We have had three passed in the past week. All on the same vacccine batch and one was done on the same day. Is there a problem with absorbtion in the fat? Should it go I/M in this case. We are going to try a different vacc company next time as client is not very happy now.

Re: PET Passport Scheme axe???

Dippy — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:49:54 GMT

Thanks for that.

Have seen a couple of dogs fail before but have always been ok the second time around. I take it you've used the same batch of vaccs for other animals who have passed?

Re: PET Passport Scheme axe???

chris beasley — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:46:59 GMT

Sorry not totally sure on full details. Will speak to boss tomorrow to try and get hard details.

On this subject has anyone had failures with the rabies blood titre? We have a owner with two fat cats that have just failed for the second time. (Vacc +blood testing). The cats are not from the same families, the only thing they have in common is that the are both 6kg+

Re: PET Passport Scheme axe???

Dippy — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:41:42 GMT

Sorry if I'm being thick - are they suggesting there would still be passports but no 6mth waiting time or that you couldn't move animals without the old quarantine system? If the latter, how would it work when taking pets from the UK to other EU countries?

Re: PET Passport Scheme axe???

chris beasley — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:33:50 GMT

My boss went to a meeting about this. It seems the rest of the EU (Who are not surrounded by sea) want to greatly reduce the need for a pet passport and remove the six months waiting time. They argued that as we have already seen tick born diseases in the south coast this year that also tick and flea treatment should be abolished as there was no longer the need to protect us. All to do with money!!!

Re: PET Passport Scheme axe???

Dippy — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:28:28 GMT

Haven't seen this but would definitely like to know more as it will be relevant to me eventually!