Phaewryn,
That's really interesting (and scary) [re: last paragraph]. I'm thinking that
it isn't the vaccine that lends itself to carcinoma...it's the virus. There's
more here than meets the eye...or brain, I should say, at first glance. I guess
i've known that lymphoma was an unwelcome complication -- but i never really
put two and two together in my head on a molecular/viral level. FeVL is a
virus...more and more cancers are found to be linked to viruses. I can feel the
rest of that thought in the front of my head putting pressure but there is
something here I can't put my finger on that wants to click. There is a
definite link between virus and cancer.
elizabeth
*Save the earth. It's the only planet with chocolate.*
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Subject: Re: ear infection/ear surgery
http://www.sniksnak.com/cathealth/ear-infections.html
http://www.2ndchance.info/earprobs.htm http://www.2ndchance.info/earsurg.htm
http://www.vetinfo.com/catear.html#Chronic%20otitis%20media%20-%20ear
http://www.vetsurgerycentral.com/ventral%20bulla.htm
http://www.dermapet.com/articles/otitis_surgery.html
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1748-5827.2003.tb00101.x
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1532-950x.2004.04065.x?journalCode=vsu
http://www.dfwvetsurgeons.com/total-ear.html This one is not likely, but I
ran across it, and it does have one disturbing paragraph in it:
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=340369 " Lymphoma is
the most common feline neoplasia. In the last 15 y, the overall incidence of
feline lymphoma has decreased, and the relative frequency of different
anatomical forms has changed. These shifts in the incidence and locations of
feline lymphoma may be due, in part, to the use of commercial vaccines to
prevent infection with feline leukemia virus, a biologic carcinogen responsible
for the development of feline lymphoma. " Am I mis-reading that, or are they
saying that the FELV vaccine is a biologic carcinogen that causes Lymphoma?
This is from the main NIH website that describes itself as: The National
Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical
research.
Phaewryn Please save Whitey! http://ucat.us/Whitey.html
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