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Originally Posted by periwinkle  She gets:
Bordetella vacc annual
Coronavirus vacc annual
DHLPP vacc annual
lyme vacc annual
Rabies Canine 3 year
She is on revolution year round |
Some of these vaccines are unnecessary...If your dog has had vaccines administered as a pup or after the age of 6 months he is most likely protected for life. This is from some experts in the field.......
We don't repeat vaccinations for parvo and distemper because we need vaccines more than once to form immunity. They are repeated for two basic reasons only: Habit, and to catch those few individuals who for some reason don't respond to the first vaccination. A single immunizing dose of a modified live virus vaccine - in other words, one vaccine that works - will form long term, probably lifetime, immunity to parvo and distemper. (Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy XIII; 2000; Ronald Schultz provides an analogy with human measles vaccination, noting we don’t regularly revaccinate people. Schultz notes “the immune system of a person is similar to that of an animal, and since immunity persists for the life of a person (average 70+ years), then why wouldn’t immunity from canine or feline vaccines persist for 10 to 15 years? The answer is that many canine and feline vaccines do provide the same lifelong immunity”.
The corona is only a threat to puppies, and even then it is usually a self limiting illness. It usually runs it's course in a few days.
Kennel cough is a generally mild condition, like having a cold.......This is from Dr Schultz. (a leading vaccine researcher).....
Another common vaccine that Schultz says is unnecessary protects against "kennel cough," an often mild and transient disease contracted during boarding or dog shows. "Most pet dogs that do not live in breeding kennels, are not boarded,
do not go to dog shows and have only occasional contact with dogs outside their immediate family," Schultz
recommends, "rarely need to be vaccinated or re-vaccinated for kennel cough."
The lyme is generally not recommended either...
Department of Clinical Studies School of Veterinary Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA :19 of 27 veterinary teaching hospitals in North America did not provide Lyme vaccination at all; the other eight hospitals only did so if the owner requested it and was traveling to an endemic region. Today, many vaccinated dogs receive a shot for Lyme disease. However, Schultz says that the ticks carrying the Lyme disease pathogen can be found in only a few regions of the United States. More importantly, Schultz adds, "The vaccine can cause adverse effects such as mild arthritis, allergy or other immune diseases. Like all vaccines, it should only be used when the animal is at significant risk." He notes that the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine rarely administers the Lyme disease vaccine.
As for giving combo shots, they are one of the worst vaccines to give. It's equivalent to your dog contracting 5-7 diseases at once. It is a terrible assault to the immune system, it's hard to process . The dog will appear well but the damage may not show up for years ....It also elicits a weaker response producing little or no antibodies...Just not good for the dog........
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)
Dr. Patricia Jordan, author of Mark of the Beast, writes about one manufacturer’s combo shot: “… the absolutely worse adverse vaccine reactions have been noted with … the “mumbo jumbo” polyvalent with several modified live viruses, killed whole bacterins of Leptospirosis, killed corona virus (the vaccine looking for a disease), lots of adjuvant, mercury, aluminum, antibacterial like gentocin, antifungal and fungi stats, proprietary ingredients of whose true identity makes me shudder to even speculate.”
Author Catherine J.M. Diodati wrote about combination shots in her Vaccine Guide for Dogs & Cats: “The number of pathogens plus toxic and carcinogenic chemicals that the animals are exposed to all at once generate an enormous toll on the immune system. The results can be devastating.”
If your vet is trying to use fear mongering to get you to over vaccinate your dog then I would look for a new one. Do not patronize any boarding facility, groomer, training facility or veterinarian that requires you to vaccinate your pet more than necessary.This is from Dr Schultz.....
What are the ethical and legal implications if vets continue to insist their clients unnecessarily revaccinate their dogs annually or triennially with core MLV vaccines? These recommendations are not evidence-based. It is not ethical practice to urge clients to have medical interventions for their pets that are not needed and which may cause harm – Ronald Schultz calls this “an unacceptable medical procedure”.
Sorry this was so long.....
