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Vet Pathol 39:216-227 (2002)
© 2002 American College of Veterinary Pathologists

Cats Differ from Mink and Ferrets in Their Response to Commercial Vaccines: A Histologic Comparison of Early Vaccine Reactions

E. Eggers Carroll, R. R. Dubielzig and R. D. Schultz

Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI

Early histologic changes in lesions at vaccine sites were compared in cats, mink, and ferrets. Twenty-four 4-month-old cats, 20 4-month-old mink, and 20 12-month-old ferrets were vaccinated with three rabies virus vaccines, two feline leukemia virus vaccines, alum adjuvant, and saline. Injection sites were excised at selected time points up to 21 days postvaccination. Histologic examination of the tissue revealed significant differences among the cats, mink, and ferrets in the local response to the commercial vaccines. When compared with ferrets and mink, cats had more lymphocytes in response to all three rabies vaccines. Production of fibroblasts, collagen, and macrophages differed among the three killed aluminum-adjuvanted vaccines in cats but did not differ significantly in mink or ferrets. Cats produced fewer binucleate cells than did mink or ferrets in response to the two adjuvanted leukemia virus vaccines. Differences seen in early tissue response of cats to commercial vaccines may be related to the increased predisposition of cats to vaccine-associated sarcomas.

Key words: Adjuvant; cats; ferrets; histopathology; leukemia vaccine; mink; rabies vaccine; sarcoma; vaccine-associated lesions.

Request reprints from Dr. E. Eggers Carroll, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, 2015 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706 (USA). E-mail: eggerse{at}svm.vetmed.wisc.edu.






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