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Originally Posted by lisaly  I don't see how anything will change without education, so I appreciate this information. I choose to titer because I don't know the long term health affects that vaccines have, but I will definitely immunize if results show that Katie needs to be. |
Titers do not tell the whole story, and that is why many vets don't offer it. The cost is another problem. As an aside, and despite that some on this thread have scolded me and assume I know nothing on the subject, titers may he getting cheaper. Last I heard, Dr Schultz was working with a pharm co on a cheap in house test for vets to use. I don't know the status of it, mostly because I'm not going to do titers, but it might open up the door for more vets to "profiteer" off the titers and stop pushing annual vaccines. Those vets are the problem in my view, and they are also the ones using injectable anesthesia and other questionable and archaic protocols. I wouldn't let them touch my dogs let alone treat them.