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Im just wondering if anyone has experienced this
Rose our 2 year old Maltese, was spayed and given her 3 year Rabies vaccine in December of 04. In February I noticed a lump on her back hind area. The bump was flesh colored, and about the size of a dime, round, firm, yet movable meaning it didnt feel as if it were attached to anything below the skin. I took her to the vet and had asked if this was in fact where she had her Rabies vaccine, and that I was concerned due to reading that a very small percentage of dogs can have a fibrosarcoma occur at the site on the injection. Sure enough, that lump is exactly where she had had the vaccine. I never noticed it before and I bathe her weekly and would have felt it while grooming her. The Vet felt it was nothing more than an irritation right under the skin, but that we should keep an eye on it and monitor for any change.
The vet did call me just yesterday( a week later) to see how Rose was doing. No change, its not smaller not bigger just the same.
Has anyone else experienced this with Rabies Vaccine in their Maltese?
Rose our 2 year old Maltese, was spayed and given her 3 year Rabies vaccine in December of 04. In February I noticed a lump on her back hind area. The bump was flesh colored, and about the size of a dime, round, firm, yet movable meaning it didnt feel as if it were attached to anything below the skin. I took her to the vet and had asked if this was in fact where she had her Rabies vaccine, and that I was concerned due to reading that a very small percentage of dogs can have a fibrosarcoma occur at the site on the injection. Sure enough, that lump is exactly where she had had the vaccine. I never noticed it before and I bathe her weekly and would have felt it while grooming her. The Vet felt it was nothing more than an irritation right under the skin, but that we should keep an eye on it and monitor for any change.
The vet did call me just yesterday( a week later) to see how Rose was doing. No change, its not smaller not bigger just the same.
Has anyone else experienced this with Rabies Vaccine in their Maltese?