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ah144

Warren Scout
hi there,with the vhd vaccine should a little of it first be administered in the tip of the ear?then the rest in the scruff?
 
Myxie is first done in base of the ear and the rest in the scruff. VHD is usually done in one injection in the scruff.

Janice
 
so if they are injected straight with the myxi in their scruffs does that mean that they are not protected ???
 
its just worrying now, as i took 6 bunsters for their mixie and it was a trainee vet and it was just administered in the scruff :cry:
 
www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk writes that
About a tenth of the dose must be given intradermally - into the layers of the skin - for adequate immunity to be achieved. This is tricky - some people give it into the thicker skin at the base of the ear; others on the way in or out of the scruff; but is absolutely vital to ensure the correct "antigen presentation" and to stimulate an immune response in the skin which is of course where the myxomatosis virus usually gains entry to the rabbit.
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Therefore by giving it in one injection site it is possible to give the dose correctly. The 'normal' vet ARC use does iadmit that even using the technique that she uses which is doing 2 injetions that it is difficult to ensure that the vaccine is given correctly in the right manner. It is the intradermal part which is the difficult part to give.

Janice
 
It the layers of the skin,

I didn't actually know any of that, Thanks Janice :thumb:
 
So most of the vaccine goes in the muscle but abit goes in the skin. Some vets do this by putting some in the shoulder and the little bit in the ear. Some do it by pulling the syringe nearly out before putting the rest of the vaccine in :)

Tam
 
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