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Originally Posted by dwerten  I do my titers with dr dodds personally and i trust her as she has done a ton of studies on vaccines and currently doing the rabies challenge
the vets do not make more on titers as the labs get the majority of the money since it is a blood draw. I think the vets make more on the vaccines but not 100% sure but i could ask Jean as I am sure she is aware of it. |
They do get sent out, but some do them in-house and they can really charge as much as they want for them anyway.
I respect Dr. Dodds very much and am thankful for what she is doing. At the same time, that doesn't mean all protocols work for all dogs. I had also seen some information from Dr. Schultz about low humoral immunity not necessarily meaning low cellular immunity; thus, even a low titer does not mean that the dog is unprotected.
I wouldn't tell people to stop titering just like I wouldn't tell people to stop vaccinating. I can say this though. If we were to follow this protocol for Ellie, she would have to be vaccinated for distemper every 1-2 years which, imo, low titer or not is a bad idea. I'm sure there are many other dogs like her. So she is suddenly unprotected after 1-2 years? Or maybe titers don't give the whole picture...