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Originally Posted by Ingridrose  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZlAfGPX2j8
I have forwarded you a link....
the ultimate decision is yours, we have decided to no longer get the shots for our dogs.
And, as a Teacher, I could get into a deep discussion...so feel free to pm me anytime on humans!
Just to be clear, the H1n1 is the swine flu, and your dog maybe in contact with any strain out there....there are millions of strains out there.
just do your research. |
This is a CBC (Canadian) video. The section on vaccines was about veterinarians not accepting another vet's vaccination records and wanting to revaccinate the core vaccines. They found some shady vets who wanted to revaccinate. I can only speak for my vet--she would never do that. BUT, the recommendation is still to get the core vaccines when they are properly due (every one to three years, depending on the vaccine), and those are based in AVHA guidelines. I've never had to deal with shady vets. I live in a college town with a veterinary school, and the owner of our clinic is a professor of primary veterinary care at the U of Illinois vet college.
The video has nothing to do with canine influenza. Also, the bivalent canine influenza vaccine is for strains H3N8 and H3N2. It has nothing to do with H1N1. H1N1 is mainly a swine and human disease and only rarely infects dogs. There is no H1N1 vaccine for dogs.
What was more interesting to me was the section of the video on annual heartworm tests. Evidently, heartworm is much more common in the US than in Canada. My vet sees several cases every year. It's dangerous to make broad generalizations about the need for heartworm medication and tests based on incidence in a location where it is very rare. You need to consider the incidence in your particular area and speak with your local vet.