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Old 04-06-2014, 06:12 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by gemy View Post
In my mind tittering should be as inexpensive as a shot. Yet I pay $242 dollars to titer for Rabies, and the shot is what $30 or so.

That is highway robbery.
The requirements for testing cost more than the production of the vaccination. This is true in human medicine too. Laboratories and the expert techs/doctors are pricey to operate.

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Originally Posted by jp4m2 View Post
For those who are concerned about over vaccinatin titers are now available at a reasonable cost. Vaccicheck is one company that has a test that is done in house, it's supposed to cost around $20 and results are done in house in under 30 minutes in house. Tiger check its another company offering low cost titers. The titer is supposed to run around $120.
I like the sound of lower cost titers. My concern would be having proof of their accuracy -- of any titer.
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