How long between vax shot and blood draw?

When I went through the process I was under the impression that you had to wait at least a month between the vax shot and the blood draw that gets sent to the FAVN lab.

In the meantime, I seem to recall people doing both on the same day.  Where those people with animals already vaccinated?

Can anyone provide some clarity as to whether my initial understanding was faulty or not?

TIA

It depends on the animal's vaccination history.  If your animal is current on rabies, you can just do the microchip, re-vaccinate, and do the blood draw in the same day.

I ended up waiting about 12 days after the rabies (though my guys have a current 3yr vaccine from Nov, they got redone in May b/c my cat's microchip disappeared), and they were about 5x the minimum required level.  My vet recommended waiting 21 days between initial vaccination and doing the titer as that apparently gives time for the vaccine to kick in and the antibodies to develop.  (I decided to shorten that by a week due to schedule conflicts and the fact that my guys are now double-vaccinated.)

I'd ask your vet, but mine recommended 21 days after initial vaccination, assuming they were on a clean slate pre-vaccination.

much appreciated!

Our vet said the same -- 21 days -- and our vaccinations had lapsed.