Mara Mobile Veterinary Unit

Category: Maasai People | Date: Mar 14 2007 | By: admin

‘The dog and cat you vaccinated died after vaccination’

One Maasai mzee came to complain. What? Can it be post vaccine reaction of some sort? That is funny because I have never lost any animal to rabies vaccine. The guy is telling me to come to this boma to check his other dogs and cats.

‘How did they died? Did they vomit, had diarrhea, convulsed, discharged any blood?’

According to the history this guy is giving me, both animal died immediately after the vaccination. No vomiting, no diarrhea but was bleeding over the body. Nothing rings a bell in my mind on what maybe the possible cause of death. His other dogs which I vaccinated were at the boma and they are very healthy. The guy exclaims, ‘They were healthy!’ Healthy dog and cat suddenly dropping dead?

‘Tell me again how exactly they died. Did it convulse, stagger?’

‘How am I supposed to know that?! I found them on the road covered with blood’

‘On the road?’

‘Yeah, safari vehicle ran over the cat and the dog was killed by another lodge vehicle’

‘And how is that my fault then?!’

‘I never said it was your fault. I told you my dog and cat died after vaccination…after getting run over by car’

The same guy accused me couple of months later that the dewormer I gave to his sheep increased the number of worms. When my friend asked him when was the next time he gave dewormer to his sheep, the guy told us that he dewormed 5 months after my visit (instead of usual 3month interval). I am now debating with myself whether or not to respond to this guy’s house call in the future…

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