Karen Matlock

Here's one source (unverified, just found it on a search) that details which
vaccines are cultured on human diploid cells, which they say is from human
fetal tissue:
http://www.childrenoftherosary.org/alert05.htm
Please note, the rabies vaccine mentioned here is the one given to *humans*,
like myself, who need pre-exposure vaccine because of working in
animal-related fields.

A page on vaccines in the UK, with a link to US vaccines, suggesting ethical
alternatives to common vaccine lines. This page explains that the main two
cell lines used to propagate vaccines are fetal cells from two aborted
fetuses, one in the 1970s and one in the 1960s.
http://www.dgwsoft.co.uk/homepages/vaccines/alternatives.htm
Still no mention of animal vaccines.

I can't log on to the member areas of the AVMA website right now to check
the cell culture source of animal vaccines, but if I do find that they are
propagated on human diploid cells, I will repost. I doubt it, however, if
simply because it is more expensive to do so. Thanks for bringing this up,
though; it's something I wasn't aware of.

Karen


_________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get your free @... address at http://mail.yahoo.com