Maggie received three rabies shots in 3 months after her suspected exposure as a puppy- basically at 3 months, 21 days later and 60 days later all while in quarantine. She did not appear to have reactions, but I was not with her 24/7. It is now a year later and we are going in today for her adult vaccine (three year). It is the law...and I would never want to go through quarantine (even the home quarantine) again.
Question: do I worry about the old injection sites, or just watch the new one for a reaction?
She had no problems with her Distemper/Parvo a month ago at our last visit...
Somewhere over the years I heard that vets typically gave a vaccine in the same area year after year, across the board practice policy. (ie rabies always R shoulder, etc) That way if there was a vaccine reaction they would easily know which vaccine was the culprit and in addition the more frequent vaccine offenders placed in an area that could be amputated if need be. At the time I believe it was referencing cats.
The quote below is from the 2006 American Association of Feline Practitioner's Feline Vaccine Guidelines:
To facilitate management of vaccine-associated sarcomas, to avoid multiple injectable vaccinations at single sites (a putative risk factor for
sarcoma formation), and to aid in documenting vaccine placement, the following injection sites are recommended:
• Injectable vaccines containing antigens limited to FPV, FHV-1, and FCV (with or without Chlamydophila felis) should be administered SC on
the lateral side of the right forelimb below the elbow joint.
• Injectable vaccines containing Giardia lamblia antigen should be administered SC on the lateral side of the left forelimb below the elbow
joint.
• Injectable vaccines containing rabies virus antigen (plus any other antigen) should be administered SC on the lateral side of the right hind
limb below the stifle joint (vaccine-associated sarcomas arising in the proximal femoral area are difficult to completely excise; thus, placement
of vaccines in this area is strongly discouraged).
• Injectable vaccines containing FeLV or FIV antigen (plus any other antigen except rabies) should be administered SC on the lateral side of
the left hind limb below the stifle joint (vaccine-associated sarcomas arising in the proximal femoral area are difficult to completely excise;
placement of vaccines in this area is strongly discouraged).
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