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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: cat leukemia vaccine (price info)
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Date: Wed, 13-Feb-85 02:11:17 EST
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> In article <1062@opus.UUCP> rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) writes:
> >It may be of some interest that cat breeders are taking a "wait and see"
> >attitude on the new FeLeuk vaccine....
> >	- the vaccine is expensive, and the expense is a big deal if it's 
> >	  not possible to buy it from standard vaccine suppliers ...
> As an example of "expensive" my cat's vet (Aloha, OR) says, "Three in-
> jections are required initially.  The first two ($23.50 and $12.50) are
> given three weeks apart and the third ($12.50), three months later.

We just got information that would allow us (i.e., breeders and experienced
catfolk who can do their own vaccinations) to order the vaccine in quantity
(lots of 50 doses) at $6 a dose.  That's what it costs for JUST the vaccine
in a little vial, DIY.  Three doses comes to $18 a cat, which is a lot
compared to other vaccines for cats.  It will come down in time, of course,
but my point is that it's pretty high even at the wholesale level.
-- 
Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
   ...Cerebus for dictator!