|Articles|August 31, 2010

Today's Daily Dose: Vaccine administration

Why cats might be accidentally vaccinated in the wrong place.

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“The authors suggest that because of the looseness and elasticity of cats' skin, vaccine administration to a crouched cat in what appears to be the pelvic limb is actually a lateral abdominal infection because the skin shifts to the lateral aspect of the abdomen when the cat is standing.”

-Erika Meler, DVM, MS, and Barrak Pressler, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

From Research Updates: Investigating the impact of vaccine administration site changes in cats

 

 

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