[QUOTE=gypsymare;7821916]
Only for IM injections and usually in the long muscle of the buttock area (biceps femoris). Subcutaneous injections are usually given under the skin between the shoulder blades and I have yet to see a vet give them anywhere else.[/QUOTE]
Stop by sometime when I’m vaccinating small animals. I routinely use the hind limb for SQ vaccine administration, both in cats and dogs.
In fact, check the recommendations of the AAFP:
Injectable vaccination site recommendations:
Vaccines designed to be given by injection should be administered by the SC route. Intramuscular administration does not mitigate the risk
of vaccine-associated sarcoma formation and may delay detection, should a mass develop.
To facilitate management of vaccine-associated sarcomas, to avoid multiple injectable vaccinations at single sites (a putative risk factor for
sarcoma formation201), and to aid in documenting vaccine placement, the following injection sites are recommended:
• Injectable vaccines containing antigens limited to FPV, FHV-1, and FCV (with or without Chlamydophila felis) should be administered SC on
the lateral side of the right forelimb below the elbow joint.
• Injectable vaccines containing Giardia lamblia antigen should be administered SC on the lateral side of the left forelimb below the elbow
joint.
• Injectable vaccines containing rabies virus antigen (plus any other antigen) should be administered SC on the lateral side of the right hind
limb below the stifle joint (vaccine-associated sarcomas arising in the proximal femoral area are difficult to completely excise; thus, placement
of vaccines in this area is strongly discouraged).
• Injectable vaccines containing FeLV or FIV antigen (plus any other antigen except rabies) should be administered SC on the lateral side of
the left hind limb below the stifle joint (vaccine-associated sarcomas arising in the proximal femoral area are difficult to completely excise;
placement of vaccines in this area is strongly discouraged).
