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Originally Posted by tonyag9  Hey everybody  I have been so busy I have only had time to read here lately, but haven't posted. I just logged in to get some advice because I know you guys are the ones who know everything lol
Pixel is due for his next round of shots (after 1 year) and I've read NOT to give them rabies and lepto together. Is this correct? My vet didn't seem to think it would be a problem. If it is, which one should I hold off on and for how long do I need to wait? Thanks for any help!  |
Good for you for looking into this ........You are correct to be very concerned abut this issue......even though the vet thinks otherwise.......
This is what my research has concluded.....
*NEVER GIVE ANY OTHER SHOT WITH A RABIES SHOT. Wait at least three or four weeks between the rabies shot and other shots.
*....Virologists recognize that a gap of at least
3-4 weeks is desirable between giving one vaccine and then a different one, because if not so spaced the immune response to the second vaccine may be inadequate and not produce sufficient specific antibodies to give immunity. If there is a dormant/latent viral infection already present in the recipient, vaccination against another pathogen could impair the immune system leading to the latent viral infection taking hold.
*Giving combo vaccines (multi-valiant, polyvalent) and/or several shots at once
increases the risk of adverse reactions as well as the risk that
the vaccines will interfere with each other, resulting in neutralization or negation. (American Animal Hospital Association)
*Small dog alert! Small dogs are more likely to experience adverse reactions, and shots containing multiple vaccines are more likely to cause adverse reactions according to renowned pet vaccine expert Dr. Jean Dodds.
Earlier vaccine guidelines issued by the AAHA Canine Vaccine Task Force in 2003 note that MLV vaccines are likely to provide
lifelong immunity, stating “when MLV vaccines are used to immunize a dog, memory cells develop and likely persist for the
life of the animal”.
Professor Ronald Schultz, a renowned expert in immunology, says that if a puppy is immunized with the three MLV vaccines to prevent parvovirus, distemper virus and adenovirus “there is every reason to believe the vaccinated animal will have up to
life-long immunity”. Schultz advises that puppies should be revaccinated at one year of age with the vaccines used earlier. After that he does not believe there is any immunologic need to revaccinate annually with these vaccines.
* The AAHA Canine Vaccine Task Force in 2003 note that MLV vaccines are likely to provide
lifelong immunity, stating “when MLV vaccines are used to immunize a dog, memory cells develop and likely persist for the life of the animal” They recommend boosters every three years, but Dr. Schultz, DR. Dodds, and Dr. Pitcairn all say
this is too often. Dr. Dodds compares immunity to," Once you’re pregnant, being more pregnant isn't useful." If the dog is immune to the disease, he's also immune to the virus in the "booster" vaccine.
* A two-year study of vaccine reactions (from data gathered at 360 Banfield clinics in 2002 and 2003) concluded: “Young adult small-breed neutered dogs that received multiple vaccines per office visit were at greatest risk of a VAAE [Vaccine Associated Adverse Event] within 72 hours after vaccination.”
Vaccination Risk for Small Dogs | Truth4Dogs
The reaction rate increased significantly as body weight decreased. That is, small dogs were at greatest risk for a reaction. Risk for dogs weighing 11 pounds or less was 4 times greater than the risk for dogs weighing 99+ pounds. Medium-sized dogs also had increased risk over larger dogs. I have always been shocked that a Chihuahua puppy and an adult Great Dane are given the same dose shot: 1 mL. They get the same volume of virus or bacteria plus the same volume of adjuvants (boosting agents like aluminum), preservatives (like mercury), antibiotics, stabilizers and foreign tissue cultures (like fetal calf serum). All these ingredients are known to cause vaccine reactions.
As for Lepto.....
* Dr Ron Schultz (the world’s foremost independent authority on canine vaccines) hates to see them in with anything else
and, in puppies, advises that they are completely finished with the viral inoculations before getting a vaccine against
Lepto, which he
neither recommends nor advocates - even in Lepto endemic areas.
“I have seen older dogs go into kidney failure within two days of receiving a Lepto vaccine.”
* In the Canine Health Concern vaccine survey, 100% of dogs with leptospirosis contracted it just after being vaccinated against it. Leptospirosis, of course, attacks the kidneys – and the puppy had severe kidney damage.
Sorry so long but I like to give as many sources as possible to be as useful as possible.....