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To: brytlea; Politicalmom
It was the flea shot that had some incidents of necrosis and skin cancer at the injection site. Our cats had it (because we have indoor/outdoor dogs even though our cats are indoor only) and had no problems. One did die of lung cancer years later after the shots were discontinued, but it had nothing to do with skin cancer at the site of the injection, and unfortunately Siamese cats seem to have a genetic component for cancer in any event. :-(

A long time ago, there were similar problems with injectable ivermectin (worm medicine) in horses. It also tended to colic the horses if they had a large parasite load, because it killed every worm instantly and the horse's digestive system took a big hit of dead and decaying parasites all at once . . . so they took it off the market and substituted an oral paste.

101 posted on 11/18/2007 12:36:20 PM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: AnAmericanMother

No, this was the feline leukemia vacc. Here is an article (altho it may be old, I didn’t keep up with how all of this turned out).

http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/pet/felinevaccines.htm

susie


103 posted on 11/18/2007 12:45:56 PM PST by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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