NASBR If any of you are going to attend NASBR, PLEASE introduce yourself, I would LOVE to meet you. I will look for names on the registration and try to find...
The vaccines vary in availability. The human diploid cell vaccine (HDCV) is made in France, so that's probably the one you are talking about Wendy. And...
Barbara
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Oct 1, 2005 8:05 pm
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My husband works for Aventis( Sanofi now) and they are the ones in the us making it. The French own the company. they had a recall on a lot of it. so that is...
I think it is particularly important to note that the bat "SARS-like" virus is not exactly the same as the human SARS virus. In fact, viral researchers...
Barbara
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Oct 1, 2005 8:30 pm
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I didn't read all of the spider messages, but I can certainly relate to the whole spider issue. We have spiders here that are just monsters! I mean big,...
Barbara
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Oct 1, 2005 8:40 pm
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And by the way, it is interesting to note that the SARS-like virus found in civet cats (which resulted in the killing of a huge number of civet cats) has never...
Barbara
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Oct 1, 2005 8:41 pm
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thanks. i think if they can survive Texas spiders and their webs, they can survive PA Spiders. Colleen...
The recommendation was to keep bats and civets separated in the marketplace. How about NOT eating bats and civits. DUH I know, I know, it is cultural. Well...
That begs the question: How did the civet cats in the market place get the virus since their primary contacts outside the wild habitat are people. Just...
What people overlook is that the animal that causes/carries the majority of diseases that kill man is: man. Interference with nature, whether clearing...
The reporter didn't get it all exactly right, but it's positive and timely. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/01/AR2005100100 ...
I picked up my first silver bat today! Carol talks about these and evening bats, and I always wondered if I would really recognize one if I ever saw it....
The current issue of MOTHER EARTH NEWS has a wonderful article on bats. Unfortunately, they don't have an online magazine. You'll have to look for it at the ...
Posted by Richard Ransom Rabid Bat Bites Man In Midtown Memphis Oct 1, 2005, 09:38 AM CDT Email to a Friend Printer Friendly Version MEMPHIS, Tenn - The...
Unfortunately, the terribly flawed ESA 'reform' bill passed the house, but a bipartisan bill was introduced that corrected most of the Pombo bill's mistakes....
And does the company in France that produces the HDCV still only produce the vaccine during a few months out of each year? That's what they told me when I...
Barbara
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Oct 3, 2005 11:49 pm
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Hi Cris: The three silvers I've seen in KC have all been in the early spring or late fall (April and late September and October). I get the impression from ...
i don't know if they are part of Aventis( which is now called Sanofi) or if they are a different company. i do know that the Aventis/Sanofi rabies vaccine is...
I was at the blood bank donating serum for the post exposure shots that they make here & the sister told me that the problem with the last "make" of...
I just had my titer drawn and the results merely say >1:5. I tried to chase down the end point, but it turns out the lab only requested a screen, not an end...
forwarding for those interested... Cynthia Myers San Diego CA http://www.BatRescue.org http://www.BatWorld.org http://home.earthlink.net/~cmsquare ... From:...
My husband and I are leaving Friday morning to do a rotation at the HSUS animal shelter in Gonzales, LA. We'll be taking Interstate 10 from Florida all the way...
Cynthia, If we are not attending but still want to be informed, would we send the completed sheet to that same address mentioned? Thanks. Vera(Iowa) [Non-text...
Mvblevins@...
Oct 5, 2005 11:33 am
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I'm still confused about the difference between the titre tests. Mine says ELISA-what is wrong with this? Rosemarie [Non-text portions of this message have...
MYOTIS227@...
Oct 5, 2005 2:03 pm
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Barbara posted about this a while back--I can't remember what she said so you may want to e-mail her directly since I don't think she's on WBL all the time. ...
I have been known to be wrong but I thought the labs sent the blood to one of 2 places to have it tested for rabies titer. I use Quest and they send it out. I...
Oh yes-Kansas University where the test is actually done is perfectly happy to do the end point-as long as the lab requests it. When I asked the lab (Quest)...
One of the twins born here last May has a very distinctive odor, not unpleasant, and I'm wondering if this is a musk. Does this mean he may be sexually...