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Originally Posted by mscat

I told my vet about what I've read about vaccines, and he just said do not trust everything you read on the internet

Originally Posted by jp4m2

This is not about "a few vets" passing around unsubstantiated information on the internet. This vet is in desperate need of continuing education in the field of immunology and vaccinology. This is from one of the worlds leading researchers of vaccines and DOI of vaccines.....

"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”.

I'm glad to see your making your own decisions for your pet. I would seriously look into getting a better informed vet if I where you. Your pets health is at risk if this vet has anything to say about it...Good luck.

^ This.

This is not something like food or many of the other stuff where you can find lots of opinions on the internet many of which are just that... opinions, with nothing to back them up. Which is fine.

It's completely understandable why many vets don't like the internet, or like clients coming in and telling them what they read off the web... because there are a lot of stupid ppl out there who try home remedies only to have it backfire and end up bringing their pet in for the vet to fix problems that they just made worse. So yeah things like that, I can understand why vets would advise "don't believe everything you read".

But this (vaccines) is well studied FACTS. And any vet who is doing yearly vaccines still is out to make money or is ignorant to the science. Plain and simple.

Consider this… One dose of rabies vaccine costs the vet about 61 cents. The client is typically charged between $15 and $38, plus a $35 office visit. The markup on the vaccine alone is 2,400 percent to 6,200 percent—a markup equivalent to charging $217 for a loaf of bread. According to one estimate, removing the one-year rabies vaccination and consequential office visit for dogs alone would decrease the average small vet’s income from $87,000 to $25,000—and this doesn’t include cats or other vaccinations.

According to James Schwartz, author of Trust Me, I’m Not a Veterinarian, 63 percent of canine and 70 percent of feline vet office visits are for vaccinations. Clearly, radically changing the vaccine schedule for dogs and cats would result in a huge economic loss for any veterinary practice that is built around shots. And chances are the vaccines you are paying so much for are creating even more income for vets, because the adverse reactions and other medical issues caused by the vaccines keep Fluffy coming back often!

Veterinary vaccine sales amounted to more than $3.2 million in 2004 and have risen 7 percent per year since 2000. This figure is projected to exceed $4 billion in 2009. Six companies account for more than 70percent of world veterinary vaccine sales. The market leader is Intervet, with sales of almost $600 million in 2004. That’s a whole lot of 61-cent vaccines. The United States has by far the largest share of the national market with revenues of $935 million, and Japan comes in second with $236 million.

Pet vaccination warning. Severe adverse reaction to immunization