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Originally Posted by Maximo  Annual heartworm test is mandatory to continue purchasing HW preventatives. I too hope that no one would skip an annual checkup.
I was very happy to read Crystal's post that newer vaccination protocols call for a 5-year interval for many of the core vaccines. Max already had 2 checkups and a rabies vacc, so I am holding off on his DHPP.
I thought titering is still a bit controversial relative to accuracy. |
Yup on the titering. It's most 'accurate' usage is for dogs who arrive into shelter/rescue and they're trying to confirm whether or not previous vax has ever been given to avoid over-vaxing (just using as example). As far as immunity - it can't confirm it, sadly. A dog can have a positive titer and still get the disease; they can have a negative titer yet still be immune. They can have humoral immunity but no cellular immunity and vice versa.
That said, titers can provide
some assurance that some form of immunity *might* be present.